グリ彫金具脇指拵 Blade and Mounting for a Short Sword (<i>Wakizashi</i>)
尾張関 Owari-Seki
blade, 17th century; mounting, 19th century
Medium
Steel, wood, lacquer, ray skin (<i>same</i>), baleen, copper-gold alloy (<i>shakudō</i>), copper (<i>hiirodō</i>)
Dimensions
L. 24 3/4 in. (62.9 cm); L. of blade 17 1/4 in. (43.9 cm); L. of cutting edge 12 1/2(31.8 cm); D. of curvature 3/16 in. (0.5 cm); L. of kozuka 8 in. (20.3 cm); L. of kogai 8 3/8 in. (21.3 cm)
Classification
Swords
Culture
Japanese
Department
Arms and Armor
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Howard Mansfield Collection, Gift of Howard Mansfield, 1936
Accession Number
36.120.423a–d
Rights
Public Domain