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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
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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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