Blade and Mounting for a Dagger (Tantō)
Not on view
This mounting for a dagger (tantō) featured a silver-clad scabbard and hilt which show a design of fish and turtles moving on top of waves, with a catfish peeking through an opening at the end of the pomel. The maker, Takamoto Hidemune (高本秀宗, 1819–1887) was a student of Tanaka Kiyotoshi (田中着寿, 1804–1876), a self-taught Edo-based rtist who went on to establish one of the largest and most mportant schools of sword-fitting making in Japanese hstory.
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