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Dagger (Tantō), Steel, wood, lacquer, silver, gold, Japanese — Dagger (Tantō)
Japanese
blade, 15th century; mounting, 19th century

Blade and Mounting for a Dagger (Tantō), Steel, wood, lacquer, rayskin (samé), baleen, gold, silver, Japanese — Blade and Mounting for a Dagger (Tantō)
Japanese
blade, 19th century; mounting, 19th century

Blade and Mounting for a Dagger (Tantō), Steel, wood, lacquer, gold, silver, copper-gold alloy (shakudō), abalone shell, Japanese — Blade and Mounting for a Dagger (Tantō)
Japanese
blade, possibly 14th century; mounting, 19th century

Blade and Mounting for a Dagger (Tantō), Steel, ironwood, silver, rosewood, ivory, Japanese — Blade and Mounting for a Dagger (Tantō)
Japanese
blade, 19th century; mounting, 19th century

Blade and Mounting for a Dagger (Tantō), Steel, wood, lacquer, baleen, gold, silver, Japanese — Blade and Mounting for a Dagger (Tantō)
Japanese
blade, mid-19th century mounting, mid–late 19th century

Blade and Mounting for a Dagger (Tantō), Steel, wood, lacquer, copper-silver alloy (shibuichi), gold, silver, copper, copper-gold alloy (shakudō), Japanese — Blade and Mounting for a Dagger (Tantō)
Japanese
blade, 16th century; mounting, 19th century

Blade and Mounting for a Dagger (Tantō), Steel, wood, lacquer, rayskin (samé), thread, copper-gold alloy (shakudō), gold, hiirodō, Japanese — Blade and Mounting for a Dagger (Tantō)
Japanese
blade, 19th century; mounting, 19th century

Blade and Mounting for a Dagger (Tantō), Steel, wood, lacquer, baleen, gold, silver, Japanese — Blade and Mounting for a Dagger (Tantō)
Japanese
blade, late 19th century; mounting, late 19th century

Blade and Mounting for a Dagger (Tantō), Steel, wood, lacquer, copper-silver alloy (shibuichi), leather, string, gold, iron, Japanese — Blade and Mounting for a Dagger (Tantō)
Japanese
blade, 16th century; mounting, 19th century

Blade and Mounting for a Dagger (Tantō), Steel, wood (rosewood), lacquer, gold, Japanese — Blade and Mounting for a Dagger (Tantō)
Japanese
blade, 16th century; mounting, 19th century

Blade and Mounting for a Dagger (Tantō), Steel, wood, lacquer, copper-gold alloy (shakudō), gold, brass, Japanese — Blade and Mounting for a Dagger (Tantō)
Japanese
blade, 16th century; mounting, 19th century

Blade and Mounting for a Dagger (Tantō), Steel, wood, lacquer, rayskin (samé), thread, copper, copper-gold alloy (shakudō), horn, Japanese — Blade and Mounting for a Dagger (Tantō)
Japanese
blade, 16th century; mounting, 19th century

Blade and Mounting for a Dagger (Tantō), Hidetsugu Japanese, Steel, wood, copper-gold alloy (shakudō), gold, lacquer, baleen, rayskin (samé), Japanese — Blade and Mounting for a Dagger (Tantō)
Sword maker Fittings inscribed by Hidetsugu
blade, 19th century; mounting 19th century

Blade and Mounting for a Dagger (Tantō), Steel, wood, lacquer, rayskin (samé), thread, gold, silver, Japanese — Blade and Mounting for a Dagger (Tantō)
Japanese
blade, 19th century; mounting, 19th century

Blade and Mounting for a Dagger (Tantō), Kuniyoshi Japanese, Steel, wood, copper-gold alloy (shakudō), copper-silver alloy (shibuichi), gold, lacquer, rayskin (samé), silk, abalone shell, silver, Japanese — Blade and Mounting for a Dagger (Tantō)
Swordsmith Blade inscribed by Kuniyoshi
Fittings maker Fittings inscribed by Toshimasa
Fittings maker Scabbard inscribed by Kajikawa
blade, dated 1525; mounting, 19th century

Blade and Mounting for a Dagger (Tantō), Steel, wood, lacquer, copper-gold alloy (shakudō), copper, gold, Japanese — Blade and Mounting for a Dagger (Tantō)
Japanese
blade, 16th century; mounting, 19th century

Blade and Mounting for a Dagger (Tantō), Steel, wood, lacquer, rayskin (samé), thread, copper-gold alloy (shakudō), gold, iron, horn, Japanese — Blade and Mounting for a Dagger (Tantō)
Japanese
blade, mid–19th century; mounting, 19th century

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 (Tantō) with Mounting (Chisagatana)
Japanese
mid- to late 19th century

Blade and Mounting for a Dagger (Tantō), Steel, wood, lacquer, copper-gold alloy (shakudō), gold, copper, Japanese — Blade and Mounting for a Dagger (Tantō)
Japanese
blade, 16th century; mounting, 19th century

Blade and Mounting for a Dagger (Tantō), Morimitsu Japanese, Steel, wood, lacquer, silver, Japanese — Blade and Mounting for a Dagger (Tantō)
Swordsmith Blade inscribed by Morimitsu
blade, dated 1404; mounting, mid–late 19th century

Blade for a Dagger (Tantō), Rai Kunitoshi Japanese, Steel, Japanese — Blade for a Dagger (Tantō)
Swordsmith Blade inscribed by Rai Kunitoshi
ca. 1315–16

Blade and Mounting for a Dagger (Tantō), Uda Kunimitsu Japanese, Steel, wood, lacquer, ray skin (samé), leather, copper, gold, silver, gold, shark skin, copper-gold alloy (shakudō), Japanese — Blade and Mounting for a Dagger (Tantō)
Swordsmith Blade inscribed by Uda Kunimitsu
blade, dated November, 1333; mounting, 19th century

Blade and Mounting for a Dagger (<i>Tantō</i>), Gassan Sadakazu Japanese, Steel, wood (rosewod), copper-gold alloy (<i>shakudō</i>), copper-silver alloy (<i>shibuichi</i>), gold, silver, Japanese — Blade and Mounting for a Dagger (Tantō)
Swordsmith Blade inscribed by Gassan Sadakazu
Fittings maker Fittings (except menuki) inscribed by Nomura Katsumori
Fittings maker Menuki inscribed by Seii
blade, dated 1870; mounting, 19th century

Blade and Mounting for a Dagger (Tantō), Steel, wood, lacquer, copper-gold alloy (shakudō), copper-silver alloy (shibuichi), gold, silver, Japanese — Blade and Mounting for a Dagger (Tantō)
Japanese
blade, probably 16th century; mounting, 19th century

Mounting for a Dagger (Tantō), wood, lacquer, brass, Japanese — Mounting for a Dagger (Tantō)
Japanese
19th century

Dagger (Tantō)

Japanese

blade, 18th century; mounting 19th century

Blade and Mounting for a Dagger (Tanto)

Japanese

blade, 16th century; mounting, late 18th–early 19th century

Blade and Mounting for a Dagger (Tantō)

Swordsmith Blades inscribed by Kanemichi

blade, late 16th–early 17th century; mounting, 19th century

Blade and Mounting for a Dagger (Tantō)

Japanese

blade, 15th century; mounting, 18th century

Blade and Mounting for a Dagger (Tantō), Steel, wood, silver, copper-gold alloy (shakudō), copper, gold, Japanese — Blade and Mounting for a Dagger (Tantō)
Japanese
blade, 19th century; mounting, 19th century

Blade and Mounting for a Dagger (Tantō), Steel, wood,ray skin (samé), paper, laquer, copper-gold alloy (shakudō), silver, Japanese — Blade and Mounting for a Dagger (Tantō)
Japanese
blade, 16th century; mounting, early–mid 19th century

Blade and Mounting for a Dagger (Tantō), Steel, wood, gold, iron, silver, Japanese — Blade and Mounting for a Dagger (Tantō)
Japanese
blade, 16th century; mounting, 19th century

Blade and Mounting for a Dagger (Tantō), Steel, wood, lacquer, rayskin (samé), thread, copper-gold alloy (shakudō), copper-silver alloy (shibuichi), Japanese — Blade and Mounting for a Dagger (Tantō)
Japanese
blade, 15th century; mounting, 19th century

Blade and Mounting for a Dagger (Tantō), Steel, wood, lacquer, rayskin (samé), thread, copper-gold alloy (shakudō), gold, Japanese — Blade and Mounting for a Dagger (Tantō)
Japanese
blade, 16th century; mounting, dated 1870

Blade and Mounting for a Dagger (Tantō), Steel, wood, silver, gold, copper-gold alloy (shakudō), Japanese — Blade and Mounting for a Dagger (Tantō)
Japanese
blade, 16th century; mounting, 19th century

Blade and Mounting for a Dagger (Tantō), Steel, wood (rosewood), silver, Japanese — Blade and Mounting for a Dagger (Tantō)
Japanese
blade, late 14th–early 15th century; mounting, 19th century

Blade and Mounting for a Dagger (Tantō), Steel, wood, lacquer, copper-silver alloy (shibuichi), silver, gold, Japanese — Blade and Mounting for a Dagger (Tantō)
Japanese
blade, dated 1509; mounting, 19th century

金魚子地秋草図金具合口拵・付銀刀 Blade and Mounting for a Dagger (<i>Tantō</i>), 宮田信清 Miyata Nobukiyo Japanese, Steel, silver, copper, copper-gold alloy (<i>shakudō</i>), gold, ray skin (<i>same</i>), baleen, lacquer, Japanese — 金魚子地秋草図金具合口拵・付銀刀 Blade and Mounting for a Dagger (Tantō)
Fittings and blade by 宮田信清 Miyata Nobukiyo
mid–late 19th century

Blade of Dagger (Tantō)

Japanese

16th century

Blade for a Dagger (Tantō)

Japanese

blade, late 15th–early 16th century

Blade for a Dagger (Tantō)

Japanese

dated, 1917

Blade for a Dagger (Tantō)

Japanese

dated, 1917

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