Blade and Mounting for a Sword (Katana)

Blade inscribed by Sukemitsu of Bizen Japanese
 Mounting by Iwamoto Konkan Japanese

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 378

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.

Blade and Mounting for a Sword (Katana), Blade inscribed by Sukemitsu of Bizen (Japanese, Bizen, Muromachi period, active ca. 1440), Steel, wood, lacquer, ray skin (samé), thread, copper-gold alloy (shakudō), copper-silver alloy (shibuichi), Japanese

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Mountings for a pair of swords (daisho), top to bottom (when longer sword is on top): 36.120.417a, b, 36.120.418a–c

Blade and Mounting for a Sword (Katana), Blade inscribed by Sukemitsu of Bizen (Japanese, Bizen, Muromachi period, active ca. 1440), Steel, wood, lacquer, ray skin (samé), thread, copper-gold alloy (shakudō), copper-silver alloy (shibuichi), Japanese
Blade and Mounting for a Sword (Katana), Blade inscribed by Sukemitsu of Bizen (Japanese, Bizen, Muromachi period, active ca. 1440), Steel, wood, lacquer, ray skin (samé), thread, copper-gold alloy (shakudō), copper-silver alloy (shibuichi), Japanese

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