Blade and Mounting for a Short Sword (Wakizashi)
Object type: Blade and mounting for a short sword (Wakizashi)
Department: Arms and Armor
Culture: Japanese
Artist: Omidaijo Fujiwara Tadahiro|Takase Eiju|Yasuchika
Artist bio: Japanese, 1614–1694|Japanese, active early–mid-19th century|Japanese, 1670–1744
Artist role: Swordsmith|Fittings maker|Fittings maker
Artist nationality: Japanese|Japanese|Japanese
Date: blade, mid-17th century; mounting, 19th century
Medium: Steel, wood, copper-gold alloy (shakudō), gold, coral, baleen, lacquer, silver
Dimensions: L. 30 13/16 in. (78.3 cm); L. of blade 27 in. (68.5 cm); L. of cutting edge 21 1/4 in. (53.9 cm); D. of curvature 3/8 in. (0.94 cm)
Classification: Swords
Geography:  Tokyo  Saga   
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 2000
Accession year: 2000