Jack Loomes
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Post by Jack Loomes on Mar 14, 2015 0:21:59 GMT
![](http://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o673/AlaeSwords/AlaeSwords115/wakizashi-%202.jpg) ![](http://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o673/AlaeSwords/AlaeSwords115/wakizashi-%203.jpg) ![](http://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o673/AlaeSwords/AlaeSwords115/wakizashi-%201.jpg) ![](http://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o673/AlaeSwords/AlaeSwords115/wakizashi-%204.jpg) Inscription: Inscribed in Japanese on the front side of the tang: Yoshindo and Soji made [this] together at Tekisasui; and on the back side of the tang: made for the Metropolitan Museum of Art/April 1980. Mount maker: Yoshindo Yoshiwara (Japanese) Date: 1980 Culture: Japanese Medium: Steel Dimensions: L. 21 3/16 in. (53.8 cm) Classification: Sword Blades Credit Line: Gift of Yoshindo Yoshiwara, 1980 Accession Number: 1980.467a, b Source: www.metmuseum.org/
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