金魚子地秋草図金具合口拵・付銀刀 Blade and Mounting for a Dagger (<i>Tantō</i>)
宮田信清 Miyata Nobukiyo
mid–late 19th century
Medium
Steel, silver, copper, copper-gold alloy (<i>shakudō</i>), gold, ray skin (<i>same</i>), baleen, lacquer
Dimensions
L. 9 7/8 in. (25.1 cm); L. of blade 13 9/16 in. (34.5 cm); L. of cutting edge 9 7/16 in. (23.9 cm)
Classification
Daggers
Culture
Japanese
Department
Arms and Armor
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Brayton Ives and W. T. Walters, 1891
Accession Number
91.2.75
Rights
Public Domain