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Sword of the tachi type

Object PlaceOsafune, Bizen province, Japan
Medium/TechniqueTempered steel
DimensionsL. .983
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Charles Goddard Weld
Accession number13.323
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ClassificationsArms and armor
Collections
Inscriptions備前国長船景光
Osafune Kagemitsu
early 14th century
Osafune Kagemitsu
17th century
Osafune Kagemoto
13th–14th centuries
Sword of the tachi type
Bishû Osafune Morishige
late 14th–early 15th centuries
Osafune Nagamitsu
13th century
Bishû Osafune Yoshimitsu
14th century
Group shot: 11.11126, 11.11189, 11.11132, 13.323
Osafune Kanemitsu
1357
Sword of the katana type
Osafune Nagamitsu
late 13th century
Osafune Yasumitsu
15th century
Sword of the tachi type
Osafune Nagamitsu
13th–14th centuries
Bishû Osafune Norimitsu
1449
Osafune Yasumitsu