Blade and Mounting for a Dagger (&lt;i&gt;Tantō&lt;/i&gt;)
Object type: Blade and mounting for a dagger (<i>Tantō</i>)
Department: Arms and Armor
Culture: Japanese
Artist: Gassan Sadakazu|Nomura Katsumori|Seii
Artist bio: Japanese, Setsu (now Osaka), 1834–1918|Japanese, active ca. 1870|Japanese, active ca. 1870
Artist role: Swordsmith|Fittings maker|Fittings maker
Artist nationality: Japanese|Japanese|Japanese
Date: blade, dated 1870; mounting, 19th century
Medium: Steel, wood (rosewod), copper-gold alloy (<i>shakudō</i>), copper-silver alloy (<i>shibuichi</i>), gold, silver
Dimensions: L. 16 1/8 in. (40.9 cm); L. of blade 14 7/16 in. (36.7 cm); L. of cutting edge 10 1/2 in. (26.7 cm); L. of knife (<i>kozuka</i>) 7 1/4 in. (18.4 cm)
Classification: Daggers
Credit line: The Friedsam Collection, Bequest of Michael Friedsam, 1931
Accession year: 1932