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, 18th century; mounting, late 18th–early 19th century
Medium: Steel, wood, lacquer, rayskin (samé), leather, copper-gold alloy (shakudō), iron, gold
Dimensions: L. 22 7/8 in. (58.1 cm); L. of blade 19 9/16 in. (49.7 cm); L. of cutting edge 15 7/16 in. (36.7 cm); D. of curvature 1/4 in. (0.6 cm)
Classification: Swords
Credit line: Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891
Accession year: 1891