Blade and Mounting for a Sword (Katana)
Object type: Blade and mounting for a sword (Katana)
Department: Arms and Armor
Culture: Japanese
Date: blade, dated 1513; mounting, 19th century
Medium: Steel, wood, lacquer, rayskin (samé), silk, iron, copper-gold alloy (shakudō), gold, horn
Dimensions: L. 34 in. (86.3 cm); L. of blade 28 3/8 in. (72.1 cm); L. of cutting edge 22 7/8 in. (58.1 cm); D. of curvature 11/16 in. (1.7 cm)
Classification: Swords
Geography:  Tokyo  Okayama   
Credit line: Gift of Brayton Ives and W. T. Walters, 1891
Accession year: 1891