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Group shot: 11.11126, 11.11189, 11.11132, 13.323
Sword of the tantô type
Group shot: 11.11126, 11.11189, 11.11132, 13.323

Sword of the tantô type

Osafune Kanemitsu (Japanese, dates unknown)
1357
Medium/TechniqueTempered steel, hō wood (Magnolia obovata, Japanese Bigleaf Magnolia).
DimensionsLength: 3.9 cm (1 9/16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.11126
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsArms and armor
Collections
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 - d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: August 3, 1911)

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.