Tachi

Description

Tachi or court sword, with curved pointed tempered single-edged steel blade, a ray skin hilt bound with silk cords, two gilt menuki, and a tsuba of dark alloy, and a scabbard of wood decorated with a dragon on nashiji lacquer with dark alloy mounts and flat silk suspension cords: Japan, 17th century

Museum reference

A.1942.7

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Tachi, Sword, Tsuba, Menuki

Production information

Japan, East Asia

Date

17th century

Materials

Steel, Ray skin, Silk, Gilt, Alloy, Wood, Lacquer, Alloy

Exhibitions

• Treasured: Wonderful Things, Amazing Stories (14 Nov 2008 - 01 Jan 2011)
  National Museum of Scotland

• Looking East: The Lady Ivy Wu Gallery (29 Jul 2011 - 08 Jun 2014)
  National Museum of Scotland