Metal
parts of the Meiji term
Pommel Peg
Ferrule Washers Guard Washers Blade
collar
locket shoe or drag
(Seppa) (Tsuba) (Seppa)
(Habaki)
Pommel top Pommel
side Peg Ferrule both-sides
Hilt metal parts of the Meiji term (example of the Line
engraving of cherry blossoms and a leaf
The design of a metal parts, cherry blossoms, and a leaf changes
respectively with a time and mounting companies.
It passes over a printing photograph only to an example.
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The hilt and hilt metal parts of the Meiji term. A metal parts is
quality and an engraving pattern is minute.
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The
hilt and hilt metal parts of the Showa term. Compared with the Meiji
term, if a time falls, the pattern of a metal parts, cherry blossoms,
and a leaf will become simple.
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The hilt of the Taisho and Showa term, a peg , the cherry pattern of
the pommel crown.
Therefore, a shape differs from a pattern considerably in a
mounting-company.
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Metal parts of the Meiji term, Gilding.
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Metal parts of the Meiji term, Gilding.
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Metal parts of the Showa term, Seto plating.
The difference in the design which depends not only on the difference
in an era but on a mounting-company.
The coarseness of a Nanakoji is also different.
Various
cherry-blossoms and leaf patterns.
The pattern of the Meiji term. Cherry blossoms are convex engravings. A
bud and a leaf are line engravings.
The pattern of the Meiji term. Cherry blossoms, a bud and a leaf are
all line engravings.
The pattern of the Showa term. Cherry blossoms, a bud and a leaf are
all convex engravings.
Showa term dirk top bird's-eye view.