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View full screenSword, with curved steel blade half double-edged; hilt of sharkskin-covered wood; tsuba; sword sheath of lacquered wood with bronze mounts chased with sea-dragons; bronze habaki; sageo cord: Japan, blade dated 1828
A.1905.461
Japan, East Asia
1828
Steel, Wood, Shark skin, Wood, Lacquer, Bronze, Silk, Cotton
Looking East: The Lady Ivy Wu Gallery (29 Jul 2011 - 08 Jun 2014)
National Museum of Scotland