Blade and Mounting for a Short Sword (<i>Wakizashi</i>)
Unknown Artist
blade, 16th century; mounting, 19th century
Medium
Steel, wood, brass, lacquer, copper-gold alloy (<i>shakudō</i>), ray skin (<i>same</i>), silk, silver
Dimensions
L. 30 1/4 in. (76.9 cm); L. of blade 27 3/16 in. (69.1 cm); L. of cutting edge 21 11/16 in. (55.1 cm); D. of curvature 3/4 in. (1.9 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
91.2.52
Tags
Bats