Blade and Mounting for a Short Sword (<i>Wakizashi</i>)
Yoshioka Tadatsugu|Kikuchi Tsunesada|Kawachino Kamifujiwara Rai[...]
blade, 18th century; mounting, 18th–early 19th century
![Blade and Mounting for a Short Sword (<i>Wakizashi</i>) by Yoshioka Tadatsugu|Kikuchi Tsunesada|Kawachino Kamifujiwara Rai[...]](https://images.artheonmuseum.org/met/aa/thumb/blade-and-mounting-for-a-short-sword-27613.webp)
Medium
Steel, wood, lacquer, gold, abalone shell, iron, silver, copper-gold alloy (<i>shakudō</i>), copper, silk
Dimensions
L. 29 1/2 in. (74.9 cm); W. 2 3/4 in. (7 cm); Wt. 2 lb. 2.7 oz. (983.7 g)
Classification
Swords
Culture
Japanese
Department
Arms and Armor
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Etsuko O. Morris and John H. Morris Jr., 2018
Accession Number
2018.833.18a–h
About the Artist
Yoshioka Tadatsugu|Kikuchi Tsunesada|Kawachino Kamifujiwara Rai[...] (Japanese|Japanese|Japanese) · 1700 |1700 |1701 –1800 |1800 |1800
Japanese, active 18th century|Japanese, active 18th century|Japanese, active 18th century