tachi;
blade
- Museum number
- 1992,0523.1
- Description
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Sword blade (tachi). Made of steel. Signed.
- Production date
- 13thC(early)
- Dimensions
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Height: 5 centimetres
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Length: 97 centimetres
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Depth: 1 centimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- Harris 2005
'Tachi' (early thirteeenth century) signed by Yoshikane with a distinctive 'koshizori' curve lowering towards the point and with the 'fumbari' (stability) typical of the Heian and early Kamakura periods. This blade has 'itame hada' with 'utsuri' and 'jinie'. The 'hamon' is 'suguha' in 'nie' with many variations of 'komidare' and with 'uchinoke', 'sunagashi' and 'kinsuji'. Yoshikane was a representative smith of the early Bizen (Ko Bizen) school.
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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2011 Oct – 2012 Feb, BM Japanese Galleries, ‘Japan from Prehistory to the Present’
2014 23 Apr-01 Aug, Manarat Al Saadiyat, Abu Dhabi, 'A History of the World in 100 Objects'
2014-2015 13 Dec-15 Mar, National Palace Museum, Taipei, 'A History of the World in 100 Objects'
2016 13 Feb-18 Jun, National Museum of Western Australia, Perth, 'A History of the World in 100 Objects'
2016-2017 08 Sep-29 Jan, National Museum of Australia, Canberra, 'A History of the World in 100 Objects'
2017 1 Mar-31 May, National Museum of China, Beijing, 'A History of the World in 100 Objects'
2017 28 Jun-08 Oct, Shanghai Museum, Shanghai, 'A History of the World in 100 Objects'
2018 19 Apr-22 Jul, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Valenciennes, 'A History of the World in 100 Objects'
2019 15 May-9 Sept, Hong Kong Heritage Museum, 'A History of the World in 100 Objects'
- Acquisition date
- 1992
- Acquisition notes
- Purchase at Christies (lot 226) by Eskanazi Ltd at BM's request. Former collection of Walter A Compton.
- Department
- Asia
- Registration number
- 1992,0523.1
