Object number
6312.4.7
Title
A Japanese military sword, Shin-guntō
Creator
Description
A Japanese military sword, Shin-guntō: Shōwa period (1926-1945). Sugata (configuration): shinogi-zukuri (longitudinal ridgeline) with shallow tori-zori (even curve) with medium kissaki (blade tip). Hamon (tempering pattern): broad notare (gently undulating).
Koshirae (mounting): wooden saya (scabbard) with metal cover and single ashi (suspension ring); copper gilt habaki (blade collar), standard military brass mokko tsuba (quatrefoil hand guard) decorated with cherry blossom and small nanako punch marks, fuchi (collar) decorated with cherry blossom and kabutogane (pommel) with suspension ring; wooden tsuka (hilt) wrapped in same (rayskin) with brown silk itō (braiding) over brass menuki (hilt fittings) in the form of triple chrysanthemums, additional fitting under the braiding in the form of a gold circle in a diamond-shaped panel.
Date
1926 - 1945
Production period
Shōwa period, World War Two, 1939-1945
Material
Dimensions
- Length: Sword 955 mm
- Length: Blade 705 mm
- Width: mm
- Width: mm
- Width: Guard 70 mm
- Length: Scabbard 747 mm