Tsuba, Marugata, 1909.W.1344, Kinai (swordsmith)
Also known as: Tsuba, Marugata, 1909.W.1344, Kinai (Schmied)
Record status
Individual type · partial
Tsuba, Marugata, 1909.W.1344 is held by German Blade Museum (Germany), attributed to Kinai (swordsmith). Description supplied by the holding institution: Two identical hitsu-ana, one plugged with shakudô.
Signed "Echizen ju Kinai saku" ("made by Kinai from Echizen province"). Cf. cat. nos. 151, 152. Motif in nikubori-ji-sukashi: dragon in the rain over storm-whipped waves. The collection record gives measurements Overall height: 73 mm; Diameter: 4 mm (4.2 mm); Weight: 108 g; format: Sentoku, shakudô (material/technique). Published through Europeana; how far this object represents a wider collectible type has not yet been independently verified.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Dimensions
- Gesamthöhe: 73 mm; Durchmesser: 4 mm (4,2 mm); Gewicht: 108 g
Technical characteristics
- Format recorded
- Sentoku, Shakudô (Material/Technik)
Identification
- Europeana id
- /1091/item_U5523FPSMX6RXVLIXQF75B7BI2OKDUAP
- Museum attribution
- Kinai (Schmied)
- Museum object name
- Tsuba, Marugata, 1909.W.1344
- Holding institution
- German Blade Museum
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
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