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Sword of the tachi type
Inscribed by: Bishû Osafune Morishige (Japanese, dates unknown)
Japanese
Nanbokuchô–early Muromachi periods
late 14th–early 15th centuries
Medium/Technique
Tempered steel
Dimensions
Length: 88.5 cm (34 13/16 in.)
Length: 72 cm (28 3/8 in.)
Other (curvature): 2.6 cm (1 in.)
Length: 72 cm (28 3/8 in.)
Other (curvature): 2.6 cm (1 in.)
Credit Line
Charles Goddard Weld Collection
Accession Number11.5157.1
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CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsArms and armor – Swords
InscriptionsBishû Osafune Morishige
備州長船盛重
備州長船盛重
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)