Kanefusa
Sword Blade (daito) in Storage Scabbard (shirasaya)
1572
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Kanefusa
Sword Blade (daito) in Storage Scabbard (shirasaya)
1572
Physical Qualities
Steel, copper, wood
, Scabbard: 46 3/8 in. (117.8 cm.)
Blade: 32 1/2 in. (82.6 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Captain Israel N. Munaker
Object Number
1953.140
The long sword blade, pegged to a plain wood handle, would be stored in a plain wood scabbard when not mounted in its katana or tachi fittings.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1953; Captain Israel N. Munaker
Inscribed: Received as "Made by Kanefusa, Soshu Province, Japan...Approximately 500 years ago"
