Title:
Blade and Mounting for a Short Sword (Wakizashi)
Date:
blade, 18th century; mounting 19th century
Geography:
Musashi Province
Culture:
Japanese
Medium:
Steel, wood, lacquer, ray skin (samé), thread, copper-gold alloy (shakudō), copper-silver alloy (shibuichi), abolone shell
Dimensions:
L. 26 1/8 in. (66.4 cm); L. of balde 24 5/16 in. (61.8 cm); L. of cutting edge 18 1/16 in. (45.9 cm); D. of curvature 5/16 in. (0.75 cm)
Classification:
Swords
Credit Line:
Gift of Herman A. E. and Paul C. Jaehne, 1943
Object Number:
43.120.643a–c