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Blade for a Straight Single-Edged Sword (Chokutō)
Unknown maker
- Medium
- Steel
- Dimensions
- L. 38 1/2 in. (97.8 cm); Wt. 2 lb. (907.2 g)
- Culture
- Japanese
- Department
- Arms and Armor
- Classification
- Sword Blades
- Dated
- 7th century or earlier
- Pixels
- 4000 × 2108
- SHA-256
- ae0a218d5e8e94fe…
- Record
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License, verbatimCC0
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Blade for a Straight Single-Edged Sword (Chokutō). 7th century or earlier. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.