紅葉蒔絵鞘脇指拵 Mounting for a Short Sword (<i>Wakizashi</i>)
重武 Shigetake
blade, 18th century; mounting, 19th century
Medium
Steel, wood, lacquer, rayskin (<i>same</i>), thread, copper-gold alloy (<i>shakudō</i>), gold, copper-silver alloy (<i>shibuichi</i>)
Dimensions
L. 22 13/16 in. (57.9 cm); L. of blade 15 1/16 in. (38.2 cm); L. of cutting edge 11 1/8 in. (28.2 cm); D. of curvature 1/8 in. (0.3 cm)
Classification
Daggers
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
91.1.885
Tags
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