Bokuto, a Japanese symbolic doctors sword. 19th c.
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Width 4 cm (2 inches) x Length 35 cm (14 inches) x Depth 1,5 cm (1 inches)
A Japanese wooden dagger. The carving is made of the highest quality as often Japanese items are. There is a signature and a poem engraved on side.
In the 19th c only the Samurai were allowed to wear swords. Therefore this kind of swords were worn by doctors to imitate a real sword.