N° d'objet
4401.194
Titre
Imperial Japanese 1886 pattern Kyu-Gunto Officer's sword.
Créateur
Description
Imperial Japanese 1886 pattern Kyu-Gunto Officer's sword. Sugata (configuration): shinogi-zukuri (longitudinal ridgeline) with shallow tori-zori (even curve) with medium kissaki (blade tip). Hamon (tempering pattern): broad gunome notare (gently undulating with rounded peaks).
Nakago (tang): unable to remove hilt, but one mekugi-ana (peg hole) which is fitted with a screw-type peg.
Koshirae (mounting): wooden saya (scabbard) with metal cover and single ashi (suspension ring); silver gilt habaki (blade collar), western style D-shaped knuckle-bow hand guard of brass decorated with cherry blossom and scrolling grasses, wooden tsuka (hilt) wrapped in high quality same (rayskin).
The kyu-guntō (‘old’ military sword) was introduced some time around 1875 and was in use until around the late 1930s. Many were made for high-ranking officers during the Sino-Japanese war (1894-1895) and the Russo-Japanese war (1904-1905). They closely resembled European and American officers swords of the period. Early examples often had mass-produced blades, but in later years many older blades had their tangs reworked and fitted to the kyu-guntō. The blade here is of fine quality and most likely an Edo period (1615-1868) blade.
Date
1615 - 1905 1615 - 1868
Période de création
19th Century, Edo period
Matériel
Dimensions
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- Length: Blade mm
- Width: mm
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- Length: Scabbard mm
- Width: mm
- Width: Hand guard mm