Blade and Mounting for a Short Sword (Wakizashi)
Object type: Blade and mounting for a short sword (Waskizashi)
Department: Arms and Armor
Culture: Japanese
Date: blade, (1852); mounting, 19th century
Medium: Steel, wood, rayskin (samé), lacquer, thread, copper-gold alloy (shakudō), silver, copper-silver alloy (shibuichi)
Dimensions: L. 22 in. (55.9 cm); L. of blade 16 7/16 in. (41.8 cm); L. of cutting edge 12 in. (30.4 cm)
Classification: Swords
Geography:  Tokyo     
Credit line: Gift of Brayton Ives and W. T. Walters, 1891
Accession year: 1891