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Blades and Mountings for a Pair of Swords (Daishō)
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Blades and Mountings for a Pair of Swords (Daishō)

blades, dated 1839; mountings, 19th century

Medium

Steel, wood, lacquer, rayskin, silk, iron, copper-gold alloy (shakudō), copper, gold, silver, copper-silver alloy (shibuichi)

Dimensions

L. of sword (katana) 39 1/4 in. (99.8 cm); L. of sword (katana) blade 36 31/32 in. (93.9 cm); L. of sword (katana) blade cutting edge 28 5/8 in. (72.7 cm); D. of sword (katana) blade curvature 1 7/32 in. (3.1 cm); L. of short sword (wakizashi) 26 3/4 in. (67.9 cm); L. of short sword (wakizashi) blade 17 27/32 in. (45.3 cm); D. of short sword (wakizashi) blade curvature 9/64 in. (0.36 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Brayton Ives and W. T. Walters, 1891

Classification

Swords

Department

Arms and Armor

Culture

Japanese

Rights

Public Domain

About Naotane Taikei

1778 |1801 |1801 –1857 |1900 |1900 Japanese|Japanese|Japanese