51.1277: Dagger with Pine, Plum, and Bamboo on the Fittings by Bizen School (Japanese), Kajita Masaharu (Japanese, died 1887) , Metal fittings by

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Dagger with Pine, Plum, and Bamboo on the Fittings

Metalworker: Bizen School (Japanese)

Metalworker: Kajita Masaharu (Japanese, died 1887) , Metal fittings by

Date (Period): 1536 (late Edo; Meiji; Muromachi)

Medium: steel, gold, East Indian ironwood, gilded copper, textile

Measurements: 8 3/4 in. (22.23 cm) (l.)

Additional Information

Title: Dagger (aikuchi) with wood saya and tsuka (includes 51.1277.1-51.1277.2)

Credit Line: Acquired by Henry Walters

Accession Number: 51.1277

Location within Museum: Hackerman House: Third Floor: Japanese Study

Inscription: [Transcription] Bizen Osafune...(corroded)/Tenmon go; [Transcription] Masaharu tsukuru; [Translation] ..... of Osafune, Bizen province/ Tenmon 5 (1536); [Translation] Made by Masaharu

Language: Japanese

Place of Origin: Bizen, Japan

Provenance

Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

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