long sword: black cord wrapped handle; tiny raised emblem of samurai riding horse with bow and quiver on pommel; small metal detail of bow with arrows on either side of handle; relief scene of samurai swimming through water with sword above handle; richly decorated tsuba with scene of waterfall with scholars, trees, and highlighted in thin gold paint; black scabbard with blue and ochre cord

Long sword, 16th century

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Title
Long sword
Role
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Accession Number
2013.29.1220a-l
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long sword: black cord wrapped handle; tiny raised emblem of samurai riding horse with bow and quiver on pommel; small metal detail of bow with arrows on either side of handle; relief scene of samurai swimming through water with sword above handle; richly decorated tsuba with scene of waterfall with scholars, trees, and highlighted in thin gold paint; black scabbard with blue and ochre cord