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Important Cultural Property

Pair of Spiral-Wrapped Sword Mountings (Hirumaki no Daishō)

朱漆金蛭巻大小
Pair of Spiral-Wrapped Sword Mountings (Hirumaki no Daishō) (朱漆金蛭巻大小)
PLATE IImage: Tokyo National Museum, via ColBase — CC BY 4.0
At a glance — Swords & Armour · Muromachi period, 16th century · held by Tokyo National Museum · designated Important Cultural Property of Japan.

Fact Sheet

Designation
Important Cultural Property (重要文化財)
Date
1501–1600
Location
Ueno, Tokyo
Catalogue ID
cobas-77794

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During the tumultuous civil wars of the late 1500s, the samurai began to wear [daishō] — pairs of long and short swords in matching scabbards. This ornate [daishō] combines red lacquer with gold. It was probably owned by Toyotomi Hideyoshi (1537–1598), a samurai warlord famed as one of the Three Unifiers of Japan.

— Museum description: Tokyo National Museum (CC BY 4.0), via ColBase / Japan Search.

Record & Sources

Cite this page: “Pair of Spiral-Wrapped Sword Mountings (Hirumaki no Daishō)（朱漆金蛭巻大小）.” Treasures of Japan, catalogue no. cobas-77794. Tokyo National Museum. https://treasures.yamato-kenkou.com/treasures/pair-of-spiral-wrapped-sword-mountings-hirumaki-no-daish/ — entry last verified 1 November 2026.
Full record data (as published in the official catalogue record)
  • Genre: Arms & Armor
  • Cultural property designation: Important Cultural Property
  • Category: Applied arts:Arms and armor:Mountings:Daishō
  • Material: Red-lacquered wood with gold
  • 員数: 1腰
  • 分類: 刀剣
  • 種別: 工芸:武器・武具:刀装（拵）:大小

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