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Samurai, wore two swords, one long and one short. A different pair were worn at court and for ceremonial occasions, tachi, slung from the girdle, edge downwards and a tanto or guardless dirk thrust through the girdle.

a) This shortened katana, hasonly Fujishima left, a family name common in Kaga province in the 14th & 15th century. b) This blade for a slung sword, tachi, is signed Bishu Inuyama no ju Munefusa, probably a 17th century swordsmith from Owari Province.

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• Online ID: 000-190-004-116-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  A.1956.634
• Date: 15th century
  17th century
  19th century
  a) 15th century b) 17th century
  
• Material: Scabbard, tachi
  Sword
  Tachi / sword
  
• Dimensions: 30.00" L
  33.50" L
  39.50" L
  
• What: Scabbard, tachi
  Sword
  Tachi / sword
  
• Subject: Weapons / swords and daggers
  Weapons / swords and daggers
  Weapons / swords and daggers
  
• Who:
• Where: Japan
  Japan
  Japan
  
• Event:
• Description: Tachi or sword, with curved pointed tempered single-edged steel blade, a ray-skin hilt bound with silk cords, two gilt memuki, and a tsuba of dark alloy: Japan, 17th century
  Tachi scabbard of wood, decorated with a dragon on nashi-ji lacquer, dark alloy mounts, and flat silk suspension cords: Japan, 19th century
  Sword, with a curved single-edged steel blade, an ornamental guard, and a fish-skin hilt wrapped with black silk cord: Japan, 15th century
  
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