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End fittings for shirasaya, in two parts

Medium/TechniqueHō wood (Magnolia obovata, Japanese Bigleaf Magnolia)
Credit LineGift of the W. A. Compton Oriental Arts Foundation
Accession number1998.136.3f-g
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsArms and armor
Collections
ProvenanceWalter A. Compton (b. 1911 - d. 1990), Elkhart, IN; transferred to the W. A. Compton Oriental Arts Foundation, Elkhart; 1998, gift of the W. A. Compton Oriental Arts Foundation to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 24, 1998)
Yoshikane
late 12th - early 13th centuries
Muneyoshi
Late 12th–early 13th century
Shikkake School
14th century
Hasebe school
14th century
Osafune Kagemoto
13th–14th centuries
Osafune Kagemitsu
early 14th century
Osafune Nagamitsu
13th century
Sukemitsu
late 13th - early 14th centuries
Bishû Osafune Yoshimitsu
14th century
Group shot: 11.11126, 11.11189, 11.11132, 13.323
Osafune Kanemitsu
1357
16th–17th century
Rai Kunimitsu
14th century