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- Title
- Stone sword (point broken)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Korea
- Physical Description
- Stone sword with broken point. Short in length
- Century
- 9th century BCE - 8th century BCE
- Object Creation Date
- 9th century BCE - 8th century BCE
- Accession Number
- 1960/2.117
- Medium and Support
- gray stone
- relevance
- rank 13.09673
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- Title
- Tsuba (sword guard) with eight family crests
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- Circular tsuba, made of iron. Inside an exterior circle, eight smaller circles are placed with the same spacing. The eight circles are connected to the exterior circle as well as to the three center holes where kôgai, blade, and kozuka are placed. Each of the eight circles have a different family crests. The openwork technique seen here is called "marubori" (round carving). The surface is slightly textured by minute stippling.
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 1978/2.7
- Medium and Support
- iron and gold
- relevance
- rank 12.95431
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- Title
- Goldweight in the shape of a double-bladed sword
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire
- Physical Description
- Goldweight in the shape of a double-bladed royal sword, with incisions and a small ball along the shaft.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1985
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.505
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 12.95431
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- Title
- Royal sword with gold-leafed handle
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Ghana, Akan
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.309
- Medium and Support
- iron with gold leaf
- relevance
- rank 12.95431
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- Title
- Tsuba (sword guard) with mushroom design
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- Circular tsuba, made of iron. It has two holes in the middle. There are two openwork motifs of mushrooms on the lower left. Rusts on some parts of the piece.
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- 16th century
- Accession Number
- 1966/1.100
- Medium and Support
- iron
- relevance
- rank 12.95431
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- Title
- Goldweight in the shape of a double-bladed sword
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire
- Physical Description
- Goldweight in the shape of an undecorated, double-bladed royal sword.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1985
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.468
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 12.95431
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- Title
- Tsuba (sword guard) with iris design
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- It is a round, openwork iron tsuba, in the design of three interconnected irises. The two holes are plugged with gold.
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1780
- Accession Number
- 1978/2.8
- Medium and Support
- iron and gold
- relevance
- rank 12.95431
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- Title
- Goldweight in the shape of a double-bladed sword
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire
- Physical Description
- A goldweight in the shape of a double-blade sword, with open-worked blades, three cones decorating the top of the blades, and an elaborately worked handle with two balls with incised, spiral stripes and small protrusions around.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1985
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.513
- Medium and Support
- brass
- relevance
- rank 12.95431
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- Title
- Unidentified Kabuki Actor as Sword-face
- Artist
- Ueno Tadamasa
- Physical Description
- Color woodblock print of a kabuki actor on gray mica ground. Actor appears to be playing the role of a samurai, with his hair in a top-knot, a family crest on the arm of his kimono, and a sword complete with scabbard ornament. His head tilts downward seriously as his hand reaches to unsheath his sword.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1904-1970
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1940
- Accession Number
- 2009/2.18
- Medium and Support
- ink and gray mica on paper
- relevance
- rank 12.95431
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- Title
- Man with Sword; Female Spandrel figure
- Artist
- Anonymous Italian?
- Century
- 17th century
- Object Creation Date
- 17th century
- Accession Number
- 1984/2.48
- Medium and Support
- pen and ink
- relevance
- rank 12.95431
![Iwai Shijaku [I] as Ohatsu, carrying an umbrella and a sword; Utagawa Kuniyoshi](https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2003-sl-1.513/2003_1.513.JPG?lasttype=boolean;lastview=reslist;resnum=51;size=50;sort=relevance;start=41;subview=detail;view=entry;rgn1=musart_ti;q1=Sword+(eben)){kind=link}
- Title
- Iwai Shijaku [I] as Ohatsu, carrying an umbrella and a sword
- Artist
- Utagawa Kuniyoshi
- Artist Life Dates
- 1797 - 1861
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1822-1844
- Accession Number
- 2003/1.513
- Medium and Support
- woodblock print on paper
- relevance
- rank 12.81495
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- Title
- Tsuba (Sword guard) with design of dragon among clouds
- Artist
- Okada Masatoyo
- Physical Description
- The flat iron plate with quatrefoil shape and the design of a dragon in midst of clouds. It has three holes: one for blade (middle) flanked by two deformed oval-shape holes (for kougai and kozuka). Around the blade hole, there is the carver’s signature. The design of a dragon, among stylized clouds, is intricately carved in high relief; the dragon has almost three-dimensional quality. On the back, the dragon tail, some parts of the body, one claw are peeking from clouds. The dragon coils around the center holes. The rims of the three circles are wavy, as if they are the part of the cloud design. The stoppers on the blade hole edges are made of gold. Some silver inlays are applied on the dragon’s eye blow and some nails.
- Artist Life Dates
- act. 1789
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 1978/2.6
- Medium and Support
- iron with gold and silver inlays
- relevance
- rank 12.81495
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- Title
- Tsuba (sword guard) with incised flame design
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Nabeshima ware, Japan
- Physical Description
- This small, flat metal piece has a quartrefoil shape. Two holes in the middle. Flame-like incision all over the piece. Silver is applied around the center hole.
- Century
- Late 16th-Early 17th century
- Object Creation Date
- late 16th century - early 17th century
- Accession Number
- 1966/1.101
- Medium and Support
- Shakudô (copper-gold alloy)
- relevance
- rank 12.81495
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- Title
- Tsuba (sword guard) with chrysanthemum and butterfly design
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- The flat iron plate with quatrefoil design. It has three holes: one for blade (middle) flanked by oval-shape hole (for kougai) and oval with bump shape (for kozuka). Chrysanthemums, autumn grass and a rock are carved on lower-right side; a butterfly is descending toward the flowers. Gold inlays are applied to the flowers, grass, part of the rock, and butterfly. The surface is finely granulated by etching (“ishime-ji”).
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1978/2.11
- Medium and Support
- iron with gold inlays
- relevance
- rank 12.81495
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- Title
- Tsuba (sword guard) with cherry blossom design
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Century
- 17th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1650
- Accession Number
- 1966/1.102
- Medium and Support
- iron
- relevance
- rank 12.81495
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- Title
- Sword, with handle and scabbard, Kanbun era (1661–1672)
- Artist
- Yokoyama Sukesada
- Artist Life Dates
- (active 1661 - 1672, Kambun era)
- Century
- 17th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1661-1672
- Accession Number
- 1973/2.86
- Medium and Support
- forged steel blade with cloth dipped in red lacquer scabbard
- relevance
- rank 12.67856
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- Title
- Tsuba (sword guard) with design of three pawlownia crests and vines
- Artist
- Kinai School
- Physical Description
- This small, flat metal piece has a circular shape and an openwork design. It has a triangular shaped sword hole in the center, flanked by two other holes, which are filled with shakudô (copper-gold alloy). The sword hole is mended with gold. Three crests, consisting of pawlownia leaves and flowers, are interconnected with vines. There are some abrasions on the center oval shape around the sword hole. The surface is slightly textured by minute stippling. The outer rim is slightly elevated from the inner design. This openwork carving technique is called "marubori" (round carving).
- Artist Life Dates
- 17th century - 19th century
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1750
- Accession Number
- 1978/2.4
- Medium and Support
- iron, gold and shakudô (copper-gold alloy)
- relevance
- rank 12.67856
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- Title
- Tsuba (sword guard) with design of blowfish, shrimp and plant
- Artist
- Seishinsai
- Physical Description
- This small, flat piece made of light brown brass (called "sentoku" in Japanese) has a round diamond shape. It has a triangular shaped hole in the center and another round hole on one side. Artist’s name is signed between the two holes. The surface is slightly concaved from the rim. The front has relief design of a shrimp, blowfish, and bamboo branch. On the back, there are designs of a spiral shell, a barnacle, and water drops. The sea motifs are inlayed with gold, silver, copper, and shakudô (copper-gold alloy).
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 1978/2.3
- Medium and Support
- brass with gold, silver, copper, and shakudô (copper-gold alloy) inlays
- relevance
- rank 12.67856
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- Title
- Tsuba (sword guard) with inlaid design of samurai on horseback at the shore
- Artist
- Harunori
- Physical Description
- This small, flat metal piece has a quartrefoil shape. Three holes in the middle. Some chips can be seen around the center hole, which mended with silver and copper. A samurai on horseback is charging into the sea from steep hill; he is wearing a helmet, armor, and sword, and holding a fan. A pine tree is standing on the samurai’s right side; there are rocks and bamboo grass by the ocean. The motifs of the ocean, pine tree, bamboo grass and rocks also appear on the reverse side. Gold and some silver and copper inlays are applied on pine branches, samurai's helmet, horse's mane and bridle, bamboo grass on the shore, and spray from waves.
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1978/2.2
- Medium and Support
- iron with gold, silver, and copper inlays
- relevance
- rank 12.54504
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- Title
- Sword scabbard ornament (menuki): two boys and a peach (pair w/ 1982/2.8)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 1982/2.9
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 12.54504
![Segawa Kikunojô [V] as a woman warrior, carrying a chest and with drawn sword; Utagawa Kunisada](https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2003-sl-1.435/2003_1.435.JPG?lasttype=boolean;lastview=reslist;resnum=61;size=50;sort=relevance;start=41;subview=detail;view=entry;rgn1=musart_ti;q1=Sword+(eben)){kind=link}
- Title
- Segawa Kikunojô [V] as a woman warrior, carrying a chest and with drawn sword
- Artist
- Utagawa Kunisada
- Artist Life Dates
- 1786-1864
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1815-1831
- Accession Number
- 2003/1.435
- Medium and Support
- woodblock print on paper
- relevance
- rank 12.54504
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- Title
- Various cavalry exercises, series of 19; Cavalier charging, sword in hand
- Artist
- Stefano della Bella
- Artist Life Dates
- 1610-1664
- Century
- 17th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1642
- Accession Number
- 1960/2.28
- Medium and Support
- etching on paper
- relevance
- rank 12.54504
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- Title
- Menuki (sword scabbard ornament): dragon (attached to 1973/2.87)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- Golden lion with gently curving tail and arched back. Each foot is capped with three intimidating claw-like nails. The lion is oriented as if stalking from left to right, but the head turns back inward towards the center, with a downward flowing mane.
- Century
- 19th Century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 1982/2.18
- Medium and Support
- gold
- relevance
- rank 12.54504
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- Title
- Sword scabbard ornament (menuki): two boys and a peach (pair w/ 1982/2.9)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 1982/2.8
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 12.54504
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- Title
- Rubbing of Folk Carving: Fudô Myôo, Seated with a Lasso and Sword
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1950
- Accession Number
- 1991/1.72
- Medium and Support
- rubbing: ink on paper
- relevance
- rank 12.54504
![Iwai Shijaku [I] as Shiorine (?) (female dressed as an itinerant monk, with sword raised); Sadanobu](https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2003-sl-1.600/2003_1.600.JPG?lasttype=boolean;lastview=reslist;resnum=66;size=50;sort=relevance;start=41;subview=detail;view=entry;rgn1=musart_ti;q1=Sword+(eben)){kind=link}
- Title
- Iwai Shijaku [I] as Shiorine (?) (female dressed as an itinerant monk, with sword raised)
- Artist
- Sadanobu
- Artist Life Dates
- 1809-1879
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1831-1835
- Accession Number
- 2003/1.600
- Medium and Support
- color woodblock print on paper
- relevance
- rank 12.41430
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- Title
- Sword scabbard ornament (menuki): lion (pair w/ dragon, 1982/2.18)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 1982/2.17
- Medium and Support
- copper with gold
- relevance
- rank 12.41430
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- Title
- Sword scabbard ornament (menuki) in the shape of a lobster, pair with 1982/2.15
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 1982/2.14
- Medium and Support
- iron with gold inlay
- relevance
- rank 12.41430
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- Title
- Tsuba (sword guard) designed as a Chinese table with lion dog sculpture
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.229
- Medium and Support
- bronze and gilt
- relevance
- rank 12.41430
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- Title
- Sword scabbard ornament (menuki) in the shape of a lobster, pair with 1982/2.14
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 1982/2.15
- Medium and Support
- iron with gold inlay
- relevance
- rank 12.41430
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- Title
- Sword scabbard ornament (menuki) with oak leaf design (pair with 1982/2.11)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 1982/2.10
- Medium and Support
- copper-gold alloy (shakudô) with gold inlay
- relevance
- rank 12.28626
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- Title
- Tsuba (Sword guard) with inlaid design of egrets and reeds(attached to 1973/2.88)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- This tsuba is a flat iron plate with quatrefoil design. It has three holes: one for blade (middle) flanked by oval-shape hole (for kougai) and oval with bump shape (for kozuka). Egrets and reeds decorate the surface, distributed in a curve that climbs counter-clockwise from the bottom left register, culmiating in the top left with a lone egret in flight. Egrets on the bottom of the piece perch on the ground or nest in the golden reeds.
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1615-1868
- Accession Number
- 1978/2.12
- Medium and Support
- iron with gold and silver inlays
- relevance
- rank 12.28626
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- Title
- Sword scabbard ornament (menuki) with oak leaf design (pair with 1982/2.10)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 1982/2.11
- Medium and Support
- copper-gold alloy (shakudô) with gold inlay
- relevance
- rank 12.28626
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- Title
- Ichikawa Monnosuke as the wife of Masaemon, Otani, kneeling in front of stone stairs with sword; in a scene from Torimazete Sekison Miyage, on stage in 1823/7.
- Artist
- Utagawa Toyokuni I
- Artist Life Dates
- 1769 - 1825
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1823
- Accession Number
- 2003/1.567
- Medium and Support
- woodblock print on paper
- relevance
- rank 11.57026
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- Title
- Figure of a Goddess holding a sword in her left hand and a jewel in her right hand
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, Bengal
- Century
- 17th-18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 17th century - 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1976/2.57
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 11.53623
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- Title
- Equestrian Figure: village hero on horseback holding a sword inhis right hand and his consort with his left hand
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1976/2.70
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 11.43997
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- Title
- Sword (13th century) and scabbard (18th century) with design of samurai writing a poem under cherry tree
- Artist
- Kagemitsu
- Physical Description
- The sword is long and slightly curved; the metal smith's name is engraved on the metal handle.
- Artist Life Dates
- (active late 13th–early 14th century )
- Century
- Late 13th-Early 14th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1299-1301
- Accession Number
- 1973/2.85
- Medium and Support
- forged steel blade with wooden handle and scabbard
- relevance
- rank 11.43997
- Title
- Figure of the Village God (Aiyunar); warrior figure holding sword in upraised right hand and mace in left
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, South India
- Century
- 17th century
- Object Creation Date
- 17th century
- Accession Number
- 1977/2.52
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 11.43997
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- Title
- Equestrian Figure: armed village hero on horseback holding a shield in his left hand and a sword in his right hand
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan
- Century
- 17th-18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 17th century - 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1976/2.69
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 11.43997
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- Title
- Figure of the Village God (Aiyunar); warrior figure holding sword in upraised right hand and mace in left
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, South India
- Century
- 17th-18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 17th century
- Accession Number
- 1977/2.53
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- relevance
- rank 11.43997
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- Title
- Tsuba (sword guard) with design of Kanzan (Chinese, Han Shan) and Jittoku (Chinese, Shihde), two Zen eccentrics
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- Circular tsuba, made of iron. It has two holes in the middle. Two figures, Kanzan and Jittoku, are carved on the lower right corner. Kanzan, who holds a scroll on his hand, and Jittoku, who holds a bloom stick and pointing to the sky, are looking upward. The two figures are carved slightly higher than the surface. On the back, there is the moon partially obscured by clouds. Gold and silver alloy inlays are applied to the moon and the clouds. Gold is also inlayed in their eyes, parts of the garments, and Kanzan's scroll. Shakudô (copper-gold alloy) is inlayed in Jittoku's bloom and his jacket collars.
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- early 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1978/2.5
- Medium and Support
- iron with gold, silver, and shakudô (copper-gold alloy) inlays
- relevance
- rank 11.38058
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- Title
- Tsuba (sword guard) with design of Kanzan (Chinese, Han Shan) and Jittoku (Chinese, Shihde), two Zen eccentrics
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1615-1868
- Accession Number
- 1978/2.9
- Medium and Support
- iron with gold and silver inlays
- relevance
- rank 11.38058