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Blade inscribed by 兼道 (Kanemichi) Japanese
Mounting inscribed by 義照 (Yoshiteru) Japanese
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A tantō is a dagger or blade shorter than 30 cm.
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Title: Blade and Mounting for a Dagger (Tantō)
Swordsmith:
Blade inscribed by 兼道 (Kanemichi) (Japanese, active mid-16th century)
Fittings maker:
Mounting inscribed by 義照 (Yoshiteru) (Japanese, active 19th century)
Date: blade, 16th century; mounting, 1871
Geography: Gifu Prefecture
Culture: Japanese
Medium: Steel, wood, lacquer, baleen, silver, gold
Dimensions: L. 15 11/16 in. (39.8 cm); L. of blade 14 1/6 in. (35.8 cm); L. of cutting edge 10 1/4 in. (26.1 cm)
Classification: Daggers
Credit Line: Gift of Brayton Ives and W. T. Walters, 1891
Accession Number: 91.2.2
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