tanto;
blade;
saya;
kozuka;
tsuka;
menuki;
fuchi-kashira
- Museum number
- 1958,0730.35.a-c
- Description
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Tanto (dagger blade) 1958,0730.35.a. Fudo and bonji. Made of steel. Signed.
Saya (scabbard) 1958,0730.35.b with kozuka. Part of mounting for tanto. Saya: sculpted and lacquered in simulation of bamboo; metal fittings decorated with representations of Raiden, god of thunder, in high-relief sculpture and coloured metal inlay; made of wood. Kozuka: decorated with representations of Raiden in high-relief sculpture and coloured metal inlay; signed.
Tsuka (hilt) 1958,0730.35.c; menuki; fuchi-kashira. Part of mounting for tanto. Tsuka: bound with whale's beard; made of wood, ray skin, metal. Menuki; fuchi-kashira: decorated with representations of Raiden, god of thunder, in high-relief sculpture and coloured metal inlay; made of metal; signed.
- Production date
- 19thC
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- Curator's comments
- Harris 2005
This is an 'aikuchi tanto' mounting with the scabbard sculpted and lacquered in simulation of bamboo. The metal fittings, including the 'menuki' and 'kozuka' are all decorated with representations of Raiden, the god of thunder, in high-relief sculpture and coloured metal inlay. The hilt is bound with 'whale's beard'. The 'fuchi' is inscribed 'Eiji kore (o) tsukuru' (Eiji made this), and the 'kozuka' is signed 'Tokosai'. 'Tokosai' and 'Eiji' are both names used by the metalworker Okuda Setsuga (1854-1912). When this maker was thirteen, his father died and he became apprenticed to Takahashi Yoshitsugu, who gave him the adoptive name 'Eiji' (or 'Terutsugu'). From 1874 he was appointed to the imperial household as a maker of 'tanto' mountings and everyday accessories. The mounting was assembled in the Meiji era.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1958
- Department
- Asia
- Registration number
- 1958,0730.35.a-c
