Category:

Prefecturally Designated Tangible Cultural Property (Craft)

Title:

Fujieda taro hideyoshi saku katana

Katana by Fujieda Taro Hideyoshi

藤枝太郎英義作 刀

No. of features:

One blade

Designated:

February 26, 1988

Location:

Saitama Prefectural Museum of History and Folklore (opens to new page)

4-219 Takahanacho, Omiya Ward

Owner:

Saitama Prefecture

Description:

Signed August 1866, this sword measures 84 cm long. It is one of the premier works of Hideyoshi, a smith from the Kawagoe Domain. The blade features a ridge line and has a hexagonal cross section (iorimune).

Please be courteous towards other visitors, locals, and the site’s owners/curators when visiting this cultural property.

Inquiries (Japanese only)

Cultural Heritage Preservation Division, Department of Lifelong Learning, Board of Education Secretariat　

TEL：048-829-1723 FAX：048-829-1989

https://www.city.saitama.jp/004/005/006/001/017/004/002/p000176.html