Blade and Mounting for a Short Sword (Wakizashi)
Object type: Blade and mounting for a short sword (Wakizashi)
Department: Arms and Armor
Culture: Japanese
Date: blade, late 18th–early 19th century; mounting, 19th century
Medium: Steel, wood, lacquer, ray skin (samé), thread, copper, gold, copper-gold alloy (shakudō)
Dimensions: L. 27 7/8 in. (70.8 cm); L. of blade 22 3/16 in. (56.4 cm); L. of cutting edge 17 15/16 in. (45.6 cm); D. of curvature 5/16 (0.8 cm)
Classification: Swords
Geography:    Miyagi Prefecture   
Credit line: Bequest of George C. Stone, 1935
Accession year: 1936