Blade and Mounting for a Short Sword (Wakizashi)

Title: Blade and Mounting for a Short Sword (Wakizashi)

Swordsmith: Blade by Omidaijo Fujiwara Tadahiro (Japanese, 1614–1694)

Fittings maker: Mounting by Takase Eiju (Japanese, active early–mid-19th century)

Fittings maker: Sword guard (tsuba) by Yasuchika (Japanese, 1670–1744) (1st or 2nd generation)

Date: blade, mid-17th century; mounting, 19th century

Geography: Saga; Tokyo

Culture: Japanese

Medium: Steel, wood, copper-gold alloy (shakudō), gold, coral, baleen, lacquer, silver

Dimensions: L. 30 13/16 in. (78.3 cm); L. of blade 27 in. (68.5 cm); L. of cutting edge 21 1/4 in. (53.9 cm); D. of curvature 3/8 in. (0.94 cm)

Classification: Swords

Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 2000

Accession Number: 2000.294