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Drawings of Ancient Sword Treasure, Kamakura, Hachiman Temple

Anonymous

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image shows a pink Japanese sword with a patterned scabbard and a metal guard. The sword's scabbard has pink base with a white diamond pattern and a yellow and black band near the hilt. The hilt itself is mostly obscured and covered with black and yellow details. A guard on the right of the image is round with a teardrop shaped hole in the center and is silver with yellow accents. There are several lines of black foreign language text on the left side. The background is white with some stains and tears.

Artwork details

Date:
ca. 1804
Medium:
Ink on paper
Culture:
Japanese
Dimensions:
599 × 299 px
Museum record:
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