Blade and Mounting for a Dagger (Tantō)
Uda Kunimitsu
blade, dated November, 1333; mounting, 19th century
Medium
Steel, wood, lacquer, ray skin (samé), leather, copper, gold, silver, gold, shark skin, copper-gold alloy (shakudō)
Dimensions
L. 17 5/8 in. (44.7 cm); L. of cutting edge 12 in. (30.4 cm)
Classification
Daggers
Culture
Japanese
Department
Arms and Armor
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Peter H. B. Frelinghuysen, 1998
Accession Number
1998.127.2