Leather-wrapped sword - Kawatsumitachi

Japanese: 革包太刀 - かわづつみたち
Leather-wrapped sword - Kawatsumitachi
The handle, scabbard, and guard are all wrapped in leather, and the handle and cross are wrapped in a diamond pattern with braided thread. It was made to protect the blade from heat, cold, rain, etc. A representative example is the sword in the Atago Shrine that is said to have been donated by Ashikaga Takauji.
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Japanese:
柄(つか),鞘(さや),鐔(つば)いずれも革で包み,柄巻と渡(わたり)巻には組糸をもって菱(ひし)巻を施した太刀。刀身を熱や冷気,雨などから守るために作られた。愛宕神社蔵の足利尊氏奉納と伝える太刀がその代表例。
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