The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Japanese Army officer's sword. Shin-gunto mountings with a polished brass dragon design guard (tsuba). The grip has a double collar near the guard, one standard military and the other in brass with a pond and lily pattern. The grip is brown lace bound with the military cherry blossom menuki on each side and has blue enamel cherry blossom badges covering the peg holes. The habaki on the blade is copper and there is a junior officers brown/blue tassel attached to the pommel loop. The blade has a dull finish and the harmon on the edge is not visible. The sword was donated without a scabbard.
This sword was surrendered at Rabaul in 1945 by Lieutenant Colonel Murayama who was believed to have been a graduate of Sandhurst Military College in England prior to the Second World War. However the tassel on the sword does not verify this statement because it indicates a junior officer rank.
A river winding through a snow covered Japanese landscape, with several houses, pine trees and mountains. It was painted by Lieutenant Colonel Murayama, the Commanding Officer of surrendered Japanese
Japanese Shin-Gunto officer's sword with standard military fittings of a pierced tsuba (guard), five sepa, and cherry blossom menuki (hilt ornaments) on the white same (ray skin) under the brown bindi
Japanese Shin-gunto Army officer's sword and scabbard. The hilt has the standard army style gilded brass Shin-gunto fittings with cherry blossom menuki (hilt ornament) on each side of the handle under
Japanese shin-gunto sword mountings. Standard Japanese Army brass fittings of brass tsuba, six seppa and menuki. The hilt binding has been laquered and the sarute (pommel loop) is missing. The handle
Japanese Shin-gunto Army officer's sword and scabbard. The hilt has the standard army style gilded brass Shin-gunto fittings with cherry blossom menuki (hilt ornament) on each side of the handle under
Japanese Army Officer's Shin-gunto sword and scabbard with leather battle guard. The hilt has the standard army style gilded brass shin-gunto fittings, brown cotton binding tape over the rayskin grip
Japanese Army officer's sword. Shin-gunto mountings with a good quality pierced guard (tsuba). The military cherry blossom menuki on each side of the handle under the binding has a family crest (mon)
