Blade and Mounting for a Sword (Katana)
Object type: Blade and mounting for a sword (Katana)
Department: Arms and Armor
Culture: Japanese
Date: blade, early 16th century; mounting, 19th century
Medium: Steel, wood, lacsquer, rayskin (samé), silk, copper-gold alloy (shakudō), gold, horn, silver, copper, copper-silver alloy (shibuichi)
Dimensions: L. 33 3/8 in. (84.8 cm); L. of blade 29 5/16 in. (74.5 cm); L. of cutting edge 23 11/16 in. (60.1 cm); D. of curvature 11/16 in. (1.8 cm)
Classification: Swords
Geography:  Seki|Kyoto|Tokyo  Gifu|Kyoto|Ibaraki   
Credit line: Gift of Brayton Ives and W. T. Walters, 1891
Accession year: 1891