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Sword of the katana type

Object PlaceJapan
Medium/TechniqueTempered steel, hō wood (Magnolia obovata, Japanese Bigleaf Magnolia).
DimensionsL. .801
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number23.293
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ClassificationsArms and armor
Collections
Inscriptions康光
Sword of the tachi type
Osafune Kagemoto
13th–14th centuries
Sword of the tachi type
Osafune Kagemitsu
early 14th century
Sword of the wakizashi type
Osafune Nagamitsu
13th century
Sword of the tantô type
Bishû Osafune Yoshimitsu
14th century
Group shot: 11.11126, 11.11189, 11.11132, 13.323
Sword of the tantô type
Osafune Kanemitsu
1357
Sword of the tachi type
Sword of the tachi type
Osafune Nagamitsu
13th–14th centuries
Sword of the tachi type
Bishû Osafune Morimitsu
late 14th century
Sword of the wakizashi type
Osafune Nagamitsu
13th century
Sword of the tachi type with mounting
Bishû Osafune Morishige
14th century
Sword of the katana type
Yoshikane
late 12th - early 13th centuries
Sword of the katana type
Muneyoshi
Late 12th–early 13th century
Sword of the katana type
Shikkake School
14th century