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Short Sword with Buddhist Deities and Dragon

Metal fittings by Akihiro (Japanese) (Metalworker)
Norimitsu (Japanese) (Metalworker)
1825-1875 (Edo; Meiji)
lacquer, steel, silver, gold, ray skin, copper
(Arms and Armor , Japan and Korea )

Inscription

[Forged Signature] Bishu Osafune Norimitsu, dated 1412; [Signature] Akihiro saku; [Translation] [ ][ ] han/Koka saku; [Translation] Made by Akihiro; [Translation] Made by Koka? of [ ][ ] province; [Translation] Norimitsu of Osafune, Bizen province, 1412

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

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Geographies

Japan, Bizen (Place of Origin)

Measurements

mounted ko-wakizashi blade: 13 1/2 in. (34.3 cm) (l.)

Credit Line

Acquired by Henry Walters

Location in Museum

Not on view

Accession Number

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51.1201

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