Blade and Mounting for a Short Sword (Wakizashi)
Yasutsugu|Nakamura Kazuyuki
blade, early 17th century; mounting, 19th century
Medium
Steel, wood, lacquer, leather, copper-gold alloy (shakudō), copper-silver alloy (shibuichi), copper, gold, horn, silver
Dimensions
L. 19 in. (48.2 cm); L. of blade 16 11/16 in. (42.4 cm); L. of cutting edge 14 5/8 in. (37.1 cm); D. of curvature 1/16 in. (0.2 cm)
Classification
Swords
Culture
Japanese
Department
Arms and Armor
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929
Accession Number
29.100.1370a–c
About the Artist
Yasutsugu|Nakamura Kazuyuki (Japanese|Japanese) · 1550 |1800 –1660 |1850
Japanese, active late 16th–early 17th century|Japanese, active early 19th century