Sword (tantô type)
Bishû Osafune Norimitsu
(Japanese, dates unknown)
1449
Medium/TechniqueForged tempered steel
DimensionsLength: 3.6 cm (1 3/8 in.)
Credit LineBequest of Major Henry Lee Higginson
Accession number21.2452
On View
Not on viewClassificationsArms and armor
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ProvenanceLent by H. L. Higginson, Dec. 31, 1910
15th- 16th centuries
late 14th century
1628 (Kan'ei 5)
15th century
early 16th century
1988
late 12th - early 13th centuries
Late 12th–early 13th century
14th century
14th - 15th centuries
mid-14th century