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Sword blade converted from a naginata

(Japanese, dates unknown)
early 16th century
Medium/TechniqueForged and tempered steel
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Charles Goddard Weld
Accession number13.366a
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ClassificationsArms and armor
Collections
Hiromasa
15th- 16th centuries
Naotsugu
late 14th century
Kurihara Nobuhide
1870
Fujiwara Tadahiro
1628 (Kan'ei 5)
Osafune Yasumitsu
15th century
Bishû Osafune Norimitsu
1449
Kozuka blade
Seki Kanesada
mid to late 19th century
Yoshikane
late 12th - early 13th centuries
Muneyoshi
Late 12th–early 13th century
Sword of the katana type
Rai Kunimitsu
14th century
Kanetoshi
14th - 15th centuries
Sword of the wakizashi type
Rai Kunimune
mid-14th century