Blade and Mounting for a Dagger (Tantō)
Object type: Blade and mounting for a dagger (Tantō)
Department: Arms and Armor
Culture: Japanese
Artist: 義照 (Yoshiteru)|兼道 (Kanemichi)
Artist bio: Japanese, active 19th century|Japanese, active mid-16th century
Artist role: Fittings maker|Swordsmith
Artist nationality: Japanese|Japanese
Date: blade, 16th century; mounting, 1871
Medium: Steel, wood, lacquer, baleen, silver, gold
Dimensions: L. 15 11/16 in. (39.8 cm); L. of blade 14 1/6 in. (35.8 cm); L. of cutting edge 10 1/4 in. (26.1 cm)
Classification: Daggers
Geography:    Gifu Prefecture   
Credit line: Gift of Brayton Ives and W. T. Walters, 1891
Accession year: 1891