Blade and Mounting for a Short Sword (Wakizashi)

Blade attributed to Yasutsugu Japanese
 Fittings by Nakamura Kazuyuki Japanese

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A wakizashi is a short sword with a blade between 30 and 60 cm long, usually worn in tandem with a full-length sword (katana). Wakizashi were fashionable in the Muromachi period (1392–1573) and later.

Blade and Mounting for a Short Sword (Wakizashi), Blade attributed to Yasutsugu (Japanese, active late 16th–early 17th century), Steel, wood, lacquer, leather, copper-gold alloy (shakudō), copper-silver alloy (shibuichi), copper, gold, horn, silver, Japanese

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Blade and Mounting for a Short Sword (Wakizashi), Blade attributed to Yasutsugu (Japanese, active late 16th–early 17th century), Steel, wood, lacquer, leather, copper-gold alloy (shakudō), copper-silver alloy (shibuichi), copper, gold, horn, silver, Japanese
Blade and Mounting for a Short Sword (Wakizashi), Blade attributed to Yasutsugu (Japanese, active late 16th–early 17th century), Steel, wood, lacquer, leather, copper-gold alloy (shakudō), copper-silver alloy (shibuichi), copper, gold, horn, silver, Japanese
Blade and Mounting for a Short Sword (Wakizashi), Blade attributed to Yasutsugu (Japanese, active late 16th–early 17th century), Steel, wood, lacquer, leather, copper-gold alloy (shakudō), copper-silver alloy (shibuichi), copper, gold, horn, silver, Japanese
Blade and Mounting for a Short Sword (Wakizashi), Blade attributed to Yasutsugu (Japanese, active late 16th–early 17th century), Steel, wood, lacquer, leather, copper-gold alloy (shakudō), copper-silver alloy (shibuichi), copper, gold, horn, silver, Japanese

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