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Picture's from the new Boston MFA Exhibition


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The new exhibition runs until October 5, 2008

 

There are three swords in the exhibition.

 

Nagamitsu Tachi

 

Kanetane Wakizashi

 

Rai Kunitoshi Tanto

 

The Nagamitsu Tachi is the most impressive sword I have ever seen!

 

If you live in the Northeast it would be well worth the trip to view the swords they are all wonderful swords.

 

I have attatched some picture's of the swords.

 

 

Take care

Dino

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The Nagamitsu is signed, they have some foam pieces under the blade for protection. The exhibition is quite small, they have some laquered pieces: writing boxes,table, they have some pottery, inscent game?, kimomono's and a strange looking object that looks like a hour glass? I am going back down this weekend and I will try to take somemore picture's and get more information.

 

I have some other picture's I will post later, I have to reduce the size of them before I can attach them.

 

Dino

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I know that tachi are displayed edge down, but is that really the way to display it if it is a bare blade?
If it's signed, then the answer is "yes".

 

Unsigned tachi are usually treated as katana, for most of them are o-suriage. Usually it takes a signature to define them as tachi (which are displayed cutting-edge down).

 

reinhard

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On a side note: most Japanese museums and dealers even display Katana edge down if they have a Tachi-mei, like most Hizentô have. I've sometimes even seen them edge up with a mirror behind the Nakago, but think this solution is a little awkward.

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Because traditionally swords are displayed the way they are carried. In this care, tachi are carried edge down, and hence why they are displayed this way. I was just concerned about standing them on edge, but tradition overrules all else.

Also, the nagako of a sword at rest usually is on the left, to show no bad intentions to grab it for use with the right hand.

 

Brian

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