Sword "Daisho" (Short)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 9 Feb 1894
name: label: Donor Name
content: U. S. Department of the Navy
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "LONG AND SHORT. 2/2/70 KATANA AND WAKIZASHI, BOTH UNSIGNED. BOTH KOTO PERIOD. POSSIBLY FROM KAGA AND SATSUMA PROVINCES, ESSENTIALLY INFERIOR TO MOUNTS, POOR CONDITION. NOV., 1972 TSUBAS IDENTIFIED AS THE WORK OF MASACHIKA OF BUSHU ABOUT THE BEGINNING OF THE 18TH CENTURY. FUCHI-KASHIRA SIGNED MOTOHIDE AND DATE FROM THE MIDDLE OF THE 19TH CENT. NBTHK, DALLAS, TEXAS. GREEN PAPERS. FITTINGS STORED IN TEXTLE RM." Green certificate is in Japanese swords and fittings Notebook 1 in Anthropology Records Room.
label: Notes
content: Has 6 parts: Blade, handle, sheath, hand guard, and 2 metal spacers (rings). This is the shorter sword, marked "B" (the longer one, marked "A" is E168231-0)
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Jul 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 6
place: label: Place
content: Japan, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Japanese
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 027785
label: USNM Number
content: E168231-1
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sword