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, 17th century; mounting, late 18th–19th century
Medium: Steel, wood, lacquer, rayskin (samé), thread, copper-gold alloy (shakudō), copper-silver alloy (shibuichi),  gold, copper
Dimensions: L. 18 1/8 in. (46.1 cm); L. of blade 17 1/16 in. (43.3 cm); L. of cutting edge 12 1/4 in. (31.2 cm); D. of curvature 1/8 in. (0.3 cm)
Classification: Swords
Geography:    Fukui Prefecture   
Credit line: Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891
Accession year: 1891
Tags: Fish