Sword of the tachi type
Osafune Kanemitsu
(Japanese, dates unknown)
14th century
Medium/TechniqueTempered steel
DimensionsLength (overall): 90 cm (35 7/16 in.)
Length (blade): 71 cm (27 15/16 in.)
Other (curvature): 2 cm (13/16 in.)
Length (blade): 71 cm (27 15/16 in.)
Other (curvature): 2 cm (13/16 in.)
Credit LineCharles Goddard Weld Collection
Accession number11.5097.1
On View
Not on viewClassificationsArms and armor
Collections
ProvenanceBefore 1886, acquired in Japan by Ernest Francisco Fenollosa (b. 1853 – d. 1908), Salem, MA; 1886, sold with the Fenollosa collection to Charles Goddard Weld (b. 1857 – d. 1911), Brookline, MA; 1911, bequest of Charles Goddard Weld to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 7, 1911)
Osafune Kagemitsu
Osafune Yasumitsu
