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Mounting for a sword of the itomaki-no-tachi type with design of family crests
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Mounting for a sword of the itomaki-no- tachi type with design of family crests (tsuka and saya)
Mounting for a sword of the itomaki-no-tachi type with design of family crests
Japanese
Edo period
17th century
Medium/Technique
Silk, leather (domestic cow, Bos Taurus), gold, lacquer (urushi), gilt metal, wood, shakudô (alloy of copper, gold, silver, iron, zinc, and lead)
Tsunagi (wooden blade): hō wood (Magnolia Obovata)
Tsunagi (wooden blade): hō wood (Magnolia Obovata)
Dimensions
Length (overall): 109 cm (42 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Charles Goddard Weld Collection
Accession Number11.5097.3a-b
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CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsArms and armor – Swords
Catalogue Raisonné
MFA, Japanese Masterpieces (2012), #80; MFA Highlights: Arts of Japan (2008), p. 120
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)