1936.126.B: Enju-School Short Sword (from Higo Province, Kyushu), cut down from longer blade
Weapons and Ammunition
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1936.126.B
- Title
- Enju-School Short Sword (from Higo Province, Kyushu), cut down from longer blade
- Classification
- Weapons and Ammunition
- Work Type
- sword
- Date
- Muromachi period, circa 1530
- Places
- Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
- Period
- Muromachi period, 1392-1568
- Culture
- Japanese
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/206291
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Metal with mixed-media scabbard
- Dimensions
- Total (including hilt): L. 61.5 cm x W. 7.2 cm x D. 7.7 cm (2 13/16 x 3 1/16 x 24 3/16 in.)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Professor Albert Bushnell Hart, Class of 1880
- Accession Year
- 1936
- Object Number
- 1936.126.B
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Exhibition History
- Tangible Things, The Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments, Cambridge, 01/24/2011 - 05/29/2011
Verification Level
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