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.)
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 viewClassificationsArms and armor
Collections
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.
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.
late 12th - early 13th centuries
Late 12th–early 13th century
14th century
14th - 15th centuries
14th century
late 14th century
15th- 16th centuries
17th–18th century
late 19th century
late 14th century
14th century