Title:
Blade and Mounting for a Dagger (Tantō)
Swordsmith:
Blade by Morimitsu (Japanese, Muromachi period, active 15th century)
Fittings maker:
Mounting by Ichiryuken (Japanese, active 19th century)
Date:
blade, dated 1425; mounting, 19th century
Geography:
Okayama Prefecture
Culture:
Japanese
Medium:
Steel, wood, lacquer, rayskin (samé), baleen, copper-silver alloy (shibuichi), silver
Dimensions:
L. 14 15/16 in. (37.9 cm); L. of blade 13 9/16 in. (34.5 cm); L. of cutting edge 9 11/16 in. (24.6 cm)
Classification:
Daggers
Credit Line:
Gift of Peter H. B. Frelinghuysen, 1998
Object Number:
1998.127.1