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

紅葉蒔絵鞘脇指拵 Mounting for a Short Sword (<i>Wakizashi</i>) by 重武 Shigetake

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

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