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Blade inscribed by Tadahiro (second generation) Japanese
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A katana is a sword with a curved blade longer than 60 cm fitted with an uchigatana-style mounting and worn in a waist sash with the cutting edge facing up.
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Title: Blade and Mounting for a Sword (Katana)
Swordsmith:
Blade inscribed by Tadahiro (second generation) (Japanese, active mid-17th century)
Date: blade, dated 1632; mounting, 19th century
Geography: Saga Prefecture
Culture: Japanese
Medium: Steel, wood, lacquer, ray skin (samé), thread, copper-gold alloy (shakudō), dark red copper (hiirodō)
Dimensions: L. 38 in. (96.5 cm); L. of cutting edge 26 5/16 in. (66.9 cm); D. of curvature 11/16 in. (1.8 cm)
Classification: Swords
Credit Line: Bequest of George C. Stone, 1935
Object Number: 36.25.1751a, b
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