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Sword of the tachi type
Inscribed by: Osafune Nagamitsu (Japanese, dates unknown)
Japanese
Kamakura period
13th–14th centuries
Medium/Technique
Tempered steel, hō wood (Magnolia obovata, Japanese Bigleaf Magnolia).
Dimensions
L. 1.020
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Charles Goddard Weld
Accession Number13.281
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CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsArms and armor – Swords
Catalogue Raisonné
MFA Highlights: Arts of Japan (2008), pp. 98-9
Signed
Nagamitsu
ProvenanceLate 19th century, purchased in Japan by Charles Goddard Weld (b. 1857 - d. 1911), Brookline, MA; to his widow, Hannah Putnam Train Weld (b. 1858 - d. 1943), Brookline; 1913, gift of Mrs. Charles Goddard Weld to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 2, 1913)