Blade and Mounting for a Short Sword (Wakazashi)
Unknown Artist
blade, 1819; mounting, 19th century
Medium
Steel, wood, rayskin (samé), textile (silk), lacquer, red coral, copper-gold alloy (shakudō), silver
Dimensions
L. 20 in. (50.8 cm); L. of blade 18 1/8 in. (46.1 cm); L. of cutting edge 15 3/8 in. (39.1 cm); D. of curvature 1/4 in. (0.6 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
91.2.74
Rights
Public Domain