000-190-004-288-C
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Mounted court sword
This sword is mounted in the formal way for a sword worn at court slung from the belt. The scabbard is decorated with a family crest of three asarum leaves associated with the Tokugawa shogunate which ruled during the Edo period (1600-1868).
This sword has fine quality metal mounts of shakudo, a raven black coloured copper alloy mixed with a little gold. The ground is decorated in nanako, a fish roe punched pattern typical of this formal mounting encrusted with gold designs of 3 asarum leaves.
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| Online ID: |
000-190-004-288-C |
| Image Rights Holder: |
National Museums Scotland |
| Project: |
0098: National Museums Scotland
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| Ref: |
National Museums Scotland A.1895.293 A |
| Date: |
19th century
19th century
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| Dimensions: |
40.00" L
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| What: |
Scabbard, sword, court
Sword, court
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| Subject: |
Weapons / swords and daggers
Weapons / swords and daggers
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| Who: |
John Richard Davidson, Barrister, Middle Temple (Recipient, donor's son)
John Richard Davidson, barrister, Middle Temple (Recipient, donor's son)
Tokugawa Shogunate (Badge on sword)
Tokugawa Shogunate (Badge on sword)
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| Where: |
Japan
Japan
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| Description: |
Court sword, with steel blade, and egg-roe shakudo hilt mounts encrusted with leaves or the badge of Tokugawa Shogunate, given to J.R. Davidson by the Japanese government: Japan, 19th century
Court sword scabbard, decorated in gold lacquer with the three asarum leaves or badge of the Tokugawa Shogunate, presented to J.R. Davidson by the Japanese Government: Japan, 19th century
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