Blade and Mounting for a Short Sword (Wakizashi)
Unknown Artist
blade, (1852); mounting, 19th century
Medium
Steel, wood, rayskin (samé), lacquer, thread, copper-gold alloy (shakudō), silver, copper-silver alloy (shibuichi)
Dimensions
L. 22 in. (55.9 cm); L. of blade 16 7/16 in. (41.8 cm); L. of cutting edge 12 in. (30.4 cm)
Classification
Swords
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
91.2.79
Rights
Public Domain