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Sword of the wakizashi type
Sword of the wakizashi type

Sword of the wakizashi type

Rai Kunimune (Japanese, dates unknown)
mid-14th century
Medium/TechniqueTempered steel
DimensionsLength (overall): 40 cm (15 3/4 in.)
Length (blade): 30.5 cm (12 in.)
Curvature: .3 cm (1/8 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.11123.1
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsArms and armor
Collections
InscriptionsRai Kunimune 来国宗ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 - d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: August 3, 1911)

NOTES:
[1] Much of Bigelow's collection of Asian art was formed during his residence in Japan between 1882 and 1889, although he also made acquisitions in Europe and the United States. Bigelow deposited many of these objects at the MFA in 1890 before donating them to the Museum's collection at later dates.