Blade and Mounting for a Sword (Katana)
This is the only known complete set of daishō mountings (paired with 36.120.418a–c) by Iwamoto Konkan, one of the most famous makers of sword fittings in the eighteenth century. The artist's inscription identifies the patron as Iwata Takanori and the design as the Six Tama Rivers.
Artwork Details
- Title: Blade and Mounting for a Sword (Katana)
- Swordsmith: Blade inscribed by Sukemitsu of Bizen (Japanese, Bizen, Muromachi period, active ca. 1440)
- Fittings maker: Mounting by Iwamoto Konkan (Japanese, Edo period, 1744–1801)
- Date: blade, dated 1440; mounting, late 18th century
- Geography: Okayama Prefecture
- Culture: Japanese
- Medium: Steel, wood, lacquer, ray skin (samé), thread, copper-gold alloy (shakudō), copper-silver alloy (shibuichi)
- Dimensions: L. 36 1/2 in. (92.7 cm); L. of blade 30 11/16 in. (77.9 cm); L of cutting edge 24 13/16 in. (63.1 cm); D. of curvature 11/16 in. (1.8 cm)
- Classification: Swords
- Credit Line: The Howard Mansfield Collection, Gift of Howard Mansfield, 1936
- Object Number: 36.120.417a, b
- Curatorial Department: Arms and Armor
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