Sword of the wakizashi type with mounting
Mihara no jû Morimasa
(Japanese, active mid 14th century)
Takeshiba Toshiteru
(Japanese, active Edo period)
mid 14th century and 19th century
Place of CreationBingo, Japan
Medium/TechniqueSteel with hilt in white ray skin, wrapped with white thread (tsumami-maki); hilt ornaments (menuki), fittings (fuchi, kashira, kozuka, kôgai, tsuba) in copper-gold alloy (shakudô) repousse and punched, with applied gold sheet; sheath in gold aventurine lacquer with "sprinkled" (makie) designs
Dimensionslength: 75 cm (29 1/2 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.11291
On View
Not on viewClassificationsArms and armor
Collections
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.
18th century
Ikkanshi Tadatsuna
17th–18th century
Tanaka Toshiyoshi
mid-19th century
mid-19th century
mid-19th century
mid-19th century
mid-19th century