Blades and Mountings for a Pair of Swords (<i>Daishō</i>)

Medium

Steel, wood, lacquer, copper-gold alloy (<i>shakudō</i>), gold, copper-silver alloy (<i>shibuichi</i>), ray skin (<i>same</i>), silk

Dimensions

L. of sword (<i>katana</i>) 37 7/8 in. (96.2 cm); L. of sword (<i>katana</i>) blade 35 9/16 in. (90.3 cm); L. of cutting edge 27 3/8 in. (69.6 cm); D. of curvatuer 3/4 in. (1.9 cm); L. of sword (<i>katana</i>) scabbard 29 in. (73.7 cm); L. of knife (<i>kozuka</i>) for sword (<i>katana</i>) mounting 8 1/2 in. (21.6 cm); L. of hair dressing tool (<i>kogai</i>) for sword (<i>katana</i>) mounting) 8 1/4 in. (21.0 cm); L. of short sword (<i>wakizashi</i>) 27 1/16 in. (68.7 cm); L. of short sword (<i>wakizashi</i>) blade 23 5/8 in. (60 cm); L. of cutting edge 17 3/4 in.(45.1 cm); D. of curvature 3/8 in. (0.9 cm); L. of knife (<i>kozuka</i>) for short sword (<i>wakizashi</i>) mounting 8 1/2 in. (21.6 cm); L. of hair dressing tool (<i>kogai</i>) for short sword (<i>wakizashi</i>) mounting 8 1/4 in. (21.0 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

36.120.419a–d, .420a–d

Rights

Public Domain