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Long Sword

(Japanese)
about 1650
Medium/TechniqueMetal (non-specific)
DimensionsLength: 24.4 cm (9 5/8 in.)
Credit LineBequest of Major Henry Lee Higginson
Accession number21.2403
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsArms and armor
Collections
ProvenanceLent by H. L. Higginson, Dec. 31, 1910
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Fuchi-kashira with designs of Shoki riding a shishi and a demon, banner and pine
Gochikken Masatoshi
late 18th–early 19th century
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Fuchi-kashira with designs of Shoki riding a shishi and a demon, banner and pine
Gochikken Masatoshi
late 18th–early 19th century
Kanamono in the form of a spray of peony
Kanamono in the form of a spray of peony
Kaneyasu Masatoshi
Late 19th century
Ojime in the form of a traveling priest holding a cat
Masatoshi
early to mid-19th century
Tsuba with design of boatman and Fuji
Tsuba with design of boatman and Fuji
Fujiwara Masatoshi
mid-19th century
Kanamono in the form of Oda Nobunaga in hunting array
Kanamono in the form of Oda Nobunaga in hunting array
Kaneyasu Masatoshi
mid to late 19th century (before 1890)
Ojime in the form of a rat on a fish-head
Kaneyasu Masatoshi
mid to late 19th century (before 1889)
Tsuba with design of peonies
Tsuba with design of peonies
Masatoshi
Late 18th–early 19th century
Tsuba with design of flowering cherry tree
Tsuba with design of flowering cherry tree
Masatoshi
Late 18th–early 19th century
Tsuba with design of Susanoo-no-mikoto slaying a dragon that threatened the life of Princess Kushiinada
Tsuba with design of Susanoo-no-mikoto slaying a dragon that threatened the life of Princess Kushiinada
Togakusha Masatoshi
late 18th–early 19th centuries
Menuki in the form of a seated figure surprised by a tea-kettle
Menuki in the form of a seated figure surprised by a tea-kettle
Masatoshi
early to mid-19th century
Tsuba with design of leaves and dewdrops
Tsuba with design of leaves and dewdrops
Masatoshi
Late 18th–early 19th century