Blade for a Dagger (Tantō) with Mounting (Chisagatana)

Japanese

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The chisagatana-type mounting is distinguished by the inclusion of a small tsuba (sword guard), a fitting typically omitted from dagger (tantō) mountings. The grip is covered with ray skin and wrapped with baleen, and the black-lacquered scabbard is decorated with engraved butterflies and paulownia flowers, which are highlighted with crushed abalone shell.

Blade for a Dagger (<i>Tantō</i>) with Mounting (<i>Chisagatana</i>), Steel, copper-gold alloy (<i>shakudō</i>), copper-silver alloy (<i>shubuichi</i>), wood, lacquer, abalone shell, ray skin, silk, whale bone (baleen), Japanese

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Blade for a Dagger (<i>Tantō</i>) with Mounting (<i>Chisagatana</i>), Steel, copper-gold alloy (<i>shakudō</i>), copper-silver alloy (<i>shubuichi</i>), wood, lacquer, abalone shell, ray skin, silk, whale bone (baleen), Japanese
Blade for a Dagger (<i>Tantō</i>) with Mounting (<i>Chisagatana</i>), Steel, copper-gold alloy (<i>shakudō</i>), copper-silver alloy (<i>shubuichi</i>), wood, lacquer, abalone shell, ray skin, silk, whale bone (baleen), Japanese

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