Mounted court sword

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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: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  A.1895.293 A
• Date: 19th century
  19th century
  
• Material: Scabbard, sword, court
  Sword, court
  
• Dimensions: 40.00" L
  
• What: Scabbard, sword, court
  Sword, court
  
• Subject: Weapons / swords and daggers
  Weapons / swords and daggers
  
• 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)
  
• Where: Japan
  Japan
  
• Event:
• 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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