Blade and Mounting for a Short Sword (Wakizashi)
Unknown Artist
blade, 17th century; mounting, late 18th–19th century
Medium
Steel, wood, lacquer, rayskin (samé), thread, copper-gold alloy (shakudō), copper-silver alloy (shibuichi), gold, copper
Dimensions
L. 18 1/8 in. (46.1 cm); L. of blade 17 1/16 in. (43.3 cm); L. of cutting edge 12 1/4 in. (31.2 cm); D. of curvature 1/8 in. (0.3 cm)
Classification
Swords
Culture
Japanese
Department
Arms and Armor
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891
Accession Number
91.1.876
Tags
Fish