Cord-Wrapped Sword Mounting ("Itomaki no Tachi") with Paulownia Crests 

This is a very rare example of a sword mounting used by high-ranking warriors in the medieval period to keep their long [tachi] swords.
　（ 作成: 四宮美帆子2017-01-31の訳）

Cultural property designation

Important Cultural Property

Quantity

Artist

Period/Century

Muromachi period, 15th century

Country/Origin

Excavation site

Material

Wood with black-lacquered leather and gilt bronze

Size

Inscriptions

Donor

Collection reference no.

F-19991

Genre

Arms & Armor

Category

Applied arts > Arms and armor > Blades > Tachi