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Sword of the wakizashi type with mounting

(Japanese, 1835 – 1884)
1864
Medium/TechniqueWakizashi: tempered steel; tsuba: iron
DimensionsOverall (Length of blade in wooden case): 78 cm (30 11/16 in.)
Length (Up to hilt): 59 cm (23 1/4 in.)
Overall (Length of Sword mounting): 77 cm (30 5/16 in.)
Length (Up to tsuba): 58 cm (22 13/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of the W. A. Compton Oriental Arts Foundation
Accession number1998.141a-b
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ClassificationsArms and armor
Collections
Inscriptions弥門直勝
Group shot: 11.11291-11.11292
Mihara no jû Morimasa
mid 14th century and 19th century
Tsuba with design of butterfly and paulownia
Shoji Naokatsu
mid-19th century
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late 12th - early 13th centuries
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Late 12th–early 13th century
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Rai Kunimitsu
14th century
Kanetoshi
14th - 15th centuries
Sword of the wakizashi type
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mid-14th century
Shikkake School
14th century
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Chôgi
late 14th century