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Sword of the tachi type
Osafune Kanemitsu (Japanese, dates unknown)
Japanese
Kamakura period
14th century
Medium/Technique
Tempered steel
Dimensions
Length (overall): 90 cm (35 7/16 in.)
Length (blade): 71 cm (27 15/16 in.)
Other (curvature): 2 cm (13/16 in.)
Length (blade): 71 cm (27 15/16 in.)
Other (curvature): 2 cm (13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Charles Goddard Weld Collection
Accession Number11.5097.1
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CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsArms and armor – Swords
Catalogue Raisonné
MFA, Japanese Masterpieces (2012), #79; MFA Highlights: Arts of Japan (2008), p. 120
InscriptionsBishû Osafune jû Kanemitsu
備州長船住兼光
備州長船住兼光
ProvenanceBefore 1886, acquired in Japan by Ernest Francisco Fenollosa (b. 1853 – d. 1908), Salem, MA; 1886, sold with the Fenollosa collection to Charles Goddard Weld (b. 1857 – d. 1911), Brookline, MA; 1911, bequest of Charles Goddard Weld to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 7, 1911)