Blade with engraved snake for a long-sword (koto-katana) and mounting with dragon decoration
Artist: Unknown Japanese; Artist: Tsuba by Ōmori Terumasa
sword set: metal blade with snake decoration and 3 peg holes in tang that has also a gold lacquer signature; signed tsuba with soft metalwork decoration of dragon amidst waves; grip is wrapped, dragon head on tip, 2 silver menuki in form of a tiger on one side and a lion on the other; lacquer scabbard with horimono (metal decoration) at end in form of dragon wrapped around sword, gold and silver mounts; fabric tie
- Date
- 16th century
- In our collection
- since July the 20th, 2008 up to now
- Dimensions
- 2 15/16 × 34 3/4 × 2 3/4 in. (7.46 × 88.27 × 6.99 cm) (assembled)
- Location
- G237
- Medium
- Steel and gold paint; mounting: wood, lacquer, shakudō, shibuichi, gold, ray skin, and silk; tsuba: shakudō, shibuichi, and gold; menuki: silver
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- Composition
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cadmium 22% copper 56% oxygen 0% zinc 15% atium 7%