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Sword of the katana type

(Japanese)
Medium/TechniqueTempered steel
Credit LineGift of the W. A. Compton Oriental Arts Foundation
Accession number1998.174
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ClassificationsArms and armor
Collections
Inscriptions国安作
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
Shikkake School
14th century
Sword of the katana type
Chôgi
late 14th century
Hiromasa
15th- 16th centuries
Sword Sheath
late 19th century
Naotsugu
late 14th century