Object: Japanese military parade or dress sword, catalogued by Yamazakura as a Type 19 company-grade cavalry officer’s example.

Type: The Type 19 designation refers to the regulation pattern introduced in the Meiji period and should not be read as a manufacture date for this individual sword.

Mounts: Regulation-style cavalry/dress sword fittings and scabbard. Please use the photographs as the primary record of the surviving finish and construction.

Attribution: The company-grade cavalry classification is retained from the earlier catalogue. No named officer, unit provenance or precise date of manufacture is presently documented.

A representative Japanese military dress sidearm of the Type 19 family, catalogued conservatively pending any further markings or documentary evidence.