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Sword of the wakizashi type

(Japanese, dates unknown)
13th century
Medium/TechniqueTempered steel, hō wood (Magnolia obovata, Japanese Bigleaf Magnolia).
Credit LineGift of the W. A. Compton Oriental Arts Foundation
Accession number1998.187
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ClassificationsArms and armor
Collections
Inscriptions長船長光
Osafune Nagamitsu
13th century
Sword of the tachi type
Osafune Nagamitsu
13th–14th centuries
Osafune Kagemoto
13th–14th centuries
Osafune Kagemitsu
early 14th century
Bishû Osafune Yoshimitsu
14th century
Group shot: 11.11126, 11.11189, 11.11132, 13.323
Osafune Kanemitsu
1357
Osafune Yasumitsu
Bishû Osafune Morimitsu
late 14th century
Bishû Osafune Morishige
14th century
Yoshikane
late 12th - early 13th centuries
Muneyoshi
Late 12th–early 13th century
Shikkake School
14th century