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Katana

(Japanese)
late 17th century
Medium/TechniqueTempered steel
Dimensions72.5 cm (28 9/16 in.)
Credit LineBequest of Charles Goddard Weld
Accession number11.5874
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ClassificationsArms and armor
Collections
InscriptionsInscribed Tamba no kami Yoshimichi third class.
Provenance1890, Charles Goddard Weld Collection; bequest to MFA, Boston, December 7, 1911.
Sword of the wakizashi type with mounting
Tanba no kami Yoshimichi III
1689
Sword of the katana type
Yoshikane
late 12th - early 13th centuries
Sword of the katana type
Muneyoshi
Late 12th–early 13th century
Sword of the katana type
Sword of the katana type
Rai Kunimitsu
14th century
Sword of the wakizashi type
Kanetoshi
14th - 15th centuries
Sword of the wakizashi type
Sword of the wakizashi type
Rai Kunimune
mid-14th century
Sword of the katana type
Shikkake School
14th century
Sword of the katana type
Sword of the katana type
Chôgi
late 14th century
Sword of the katana type
Hiromasa
15th- 16th centuries
Group shot: 11.11228, 11.11217
Ceremonial sword (kazari tachi) with hilt, sheath, and metal fittings
Ikkanshi Tadatsuna
18th century
Mounting for a sword of the tachi type with decoration of phoenixes
Mounting for a sword of the tachi type with decoration of phoenixes
Ikkanshi Tadatsuna
17th–18th century
Sword Sheath
Sword Sheath
late 19th century