Blade and Mounting for a Short Sword (Wakizashi)
Unknown Artist
blade, 16th century; mounting, 19th century
Medium
Steel, wood (ebony), lacquer, copper-gold alloy (shakudō), gold, copper
Dimensions
L. 17 13/16 in. (45.3 cm); L. of blade 17 5/8 in. (44.8 cm); L. of cutting edge 12 3/16 in. (31 cm); D. of curvature 1/4 in. (0.7 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
91.2.45