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title: Samurai Sword Handles
author: Marie-Lan Nguyen
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/10986/samurai-sword-handles/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0)
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Samurai Sword Handles
_Authored by Marie-Lan Nguyen_
## Image File
[](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/10986.jpg)
## Image Caption
The handles of a pair of [samurai](https://www.worldhistory.org/Samurai/) swords (the daisho or 'great and small') with traditional ray skin covers and [silk](https://www.worldhistory.org/Silk/) bindings. 19th century CE. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York)
## Cite This Work
### APA
Nguyen, M. (2019, July 08). Samurai Sword Handles. *World History Encyclopedia*.
### Chicago
Nguyen, Marie-Lan. "Samurai Sword Handles." *World History Encyclopedia*, July 08, 2019. .
### MLA
Nguyen, Marie-Lan. "Samurai Sword Handles." *World History Encyclopedia*, 08 Jul 2019, .
## License & Copyright
[Original image](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Koshirae_daisho_Met_36.25.1725.jpg) by [**Marie-Lan Nguyen**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Koshirae_daisho_Met_36.25.1725.jpg). Submitted by [Mark Cartwright](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/markzcartwright/ "User Page: Mark Cartwright"), published on 08 July 2019. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Creative Commons Attribution](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0deed.en). This license lets others distribute, remix, tweak, and build upon your work, even commercially, as long as they credit you for the original creation. When republishing on the web a hyperlink back to the original content source URL must be included. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.