印籠刻昆虫図螺鈿据文象嵌鞘打刀拵 Blade and Mounting for a Sword (<i>Katana</i>)

Medium

Steel, wood, lacquer, mother-of-pearl, rayskin (<i>same</i>), thread, copper-gold alloy (<i>shakudō</i>), copper-silver alloy (<i>shibuichi</i>), gold, iron

Dimensions

L. 38 11/16 in (98.2 cm); L. of blade 35 13/16 in. (90.9 cm); L. of cutting edge 27 3/4 in. (70.5 cm); D. of curvature 1/2 in. (1.2 cm)

Classification

Swords

Culture

Japanese

Department

Arms and Armor

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Rogers Fund, 1976

Accession Number

1976.150

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