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Sword of the tantō type
Yamato Shikkake Norinaga (Japanese, born in 1272)
Japanese
Kamakura period
1319 (Bunpô 3)
Medium/Technique
Tempered steel
Dimensions
Length (overall): 33.5 cm (13 3/16 in.)
Length (blade): 23 cm (9 1/16 in.)
Straight blade
Length (blade): 23 cm (9 1/16 in.)
Straight blade
Credit Line
Charles Goddard Weld Collection
Accession Number11.5144.1
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CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsArms and armor – Swords
Catalogue Raisonné
MFA, Japanese Masterpieces (2012), #73
InscriptionsYamato Shikkake Norinaga shijû hachi kore (o) tsukuru Bunpô sannen tsuchinoto hitsuji sangatsu tôka
大和尻懸則長四十八作之 文保三年巳未三月十日
大和尻懸則長四十八作之 文保三年巳未三月十日
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)