Sword of the tachi type
Osafune Kagemitsu
(Japanese, dates unknown)
early 14th century
Object PlaceJapan
Medium/TechniqueTempered steel, hō wood (Magnolia obovata, Japanese Bigleaf Magnolia).
Dimensions.945 L.
Credit LineCharles Goddard Weld Collection
Accession number11.5085
On View
Not on viewClassificationsArms and armor
Collections
Provenance1890, Charles Goddard Weld Collection; bequest to MFA, Boston, December 7, 1911.
late 12th - early 13th centuries
Late 12th–early 13th century
14th century
14th century
13th–14th centuries
13th century
late 13th - early 14th centuries
14th century
16th–17th century
14th century
13th century