
Practice Sword
Ulrich Diefstetter (d. 1589)
ca. 1575 · Steel, leather, wood, brass
Cleared · Public Domain
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Practice Sword
Ulrich Diefstetter (d. 1589)
ca. 1575 · Steel, leather, wood, brass
Cleared · Public Domain
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Practice Sword
Ulrich Diefstetter (d. 1589)
ca. 1575 · Steel, leather, wood, brass
Cleared · Public Domain
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Pair of Practice Swords
Unrecorded maker
ca. 1575–1625 · Steel, leather, wood, brass
Cleared · Public Domain
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Pair of Sword-Grip Ornaments (Menuki)
Unrecorded maker
18th century · Gold
Cleared · Public Domain
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Pair of Sword-Grip Ornaments (Menuki)
Unrecorded maker
18th century · Gold
Cleared · Public Domain
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Blades and Mountings for a Pair of Swords (<i>Daishō</i>)
Yokoyama Kōzukedaijō Sukesada (d. 1716)
blades, 17th century; mountings, early 19th century · Steel, wood, lacquer, copper-gold alloy (<i>shakudō</i>), gold, copper-silver alloy (<i>shibuichi</i>), ray skin (<i>same</i>), silk
Cleared · Public Domain
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Blades and Mountings for a Pair of Swords (Daishō)
Sukemitsu of Bizen (d. 1500)
sword (katana) blade, dated 1440; short sword (wakizashi) blade, 15th century; mountings, late 18th century · Steel, wood, lacquer, copper-silver alloy (shibuichi), gold, copper, rayskin, silk
Cleared · Public Domain
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Storage Cases for a Pair of Swords (<i>Daishō</i>)
Unrecorded maker
18th century · Wood, lacquer
In copyright
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Blades and Mountings for a Pair of Swords (Daishō)
Tadahiro (second generation) (d. 1675)
sword (katana) blade, dated 1636; short sword (wakizashi) blade, early 17th century; mountings, late 18th–early 19th century · Steel, wood, lacquer, copper-gold alloy (shakudō), gold, copper-silver alloy (shibuichi), rayskin, silk
In copyright
liveNo open reproduction
The institution withholds the image for this record, which is itself the answer: the picture on their page is not theirs to give away.
Blades and Mountings for a Pair of Swords (Daishō)
Unrecorded maker
19th century · Steel, gold, copper-gold alloy (shakudō), lacquer, wood, rayskin, silk
In copyright
liveNo open reproduction
The institution withholds the image for this record, which is itself the answer: the picture on their page is not theirs to give away.
Blades and Mountings for a Pair of Swords (Daishō) for a Boy
Yoshimichi (d. 1750)
blades, late 17th–early 18th century; mountings, 19th century · Steel, lacquer, wood, copper-gold alloy (shakudō), gold, silver, silk, ray skin, abalone, horn
In copyright
liveNo open reproduction
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Pair of Sword-Grip Ornaments (Menuki)
Unrecorded maker
19th century · Gold
In copyright
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