Japanese sword and scabbard
Description
Japanese two-handed sword and scabbard. Sword: habaki and seppa of gold-painted copper; iron tsuba; fuchi of copper and brass; menuki of brass; kachira is missing; hilt covered in white ray skin bound with black braid with a carved stone embedded into the braid. Sword tang is signed. Scabbard is of black lacquered wood.
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Arms169.21
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