Sword

Description

Sword (katana), with scabbard of brick-red lacquered wood with metal mounts, hilt covered in rayskin and bound with white silk into which is fitted a pair of menuki ornaments, and a tsuba of shakudo nanako and gold decorated with a lion-dog (shishi) and peony, Japan, possibly 18th century

Museum reference

A.1884.62.1

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Sword, Katana, Tsuba, Menuki

Production information

Japan, East Asia

Date

18th century

Materials

Metal, Lacquer, Silk, Iron, Shakudō, Gold, Metal

Exhibitions

• Artistic Legacies (29 Jul 2011 - 2018)
  National Museum of Scotland