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Group shot: 11.11291-11.11292
Sword of the wakizashi type
Group shot: 11.11291-11.11292

Sword of the wakizashi type

Mihara no jû Morimasa (Japanese, active mid 14th century)
mid 14th century
Medium/TechniqueSteel
DimensionsLength: 45.1 cm (17 3/4 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.11291a
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.