鮫皮研出鞘大小拵 Blade and Mounting for a Short Sword (&lt;i&gt;Wakizashi&lt;/i&gt;)
Object type: Blade and mounting for a short sword (<i>Wakizashi</i>)
Department: Arms and Armor
Culture: Japanese
Artist: Gotō Tokujō|Yokoya Munekuni|Nobukuni|Gotō Mitsuyoshi (Shinjō)
Artist bio: Japanese, 1550–1631, fifth-generation Gotō master|Japanese, active 19th century|Japanese, active late 14th–early 15th century|Japanese, 1780–1843, fifteenth-generation Gotō master
Artist role: Fittings maker|Fittings maker|Swordsmith|Fittings maker
Artist nationality: Japanese|Japanese|Japanese|Japanese
Date: blade, late 14th–early 15th century; mounting, 19th century
Medium: Steel, wood, lacquer, ray skin (samé), thread, copper-gold alloy (shakudō), gold
Dimensions: L. 26 11/16 in. (67.8 cm); L. of blade 19 in. (48.2 cm); L. of cutting edge 13 15/16 in. (35.4 cm); D. of curvature 3/16 in. (0.45 cm); L. scabbard 20 1/2 (52.1 cm); L. of knife (<i>kozuka</i>) L. 8 5/8 in. (21.9 cm)
Classification: Swords
Credit line: The Howard Mansfield Collection, Gift of Howard Mansfield, 1936
Accession year: 1936