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, 19th century; mounting, 19th century
Medium: Steel, wood, lacquer, rayskin (samé), thread, copper-gold alloy (shakudō), copper-silver alloy (Shibuichi), silver
Dimensions: L. 22 15/16 in. (58.2 cm); L. of blade 20 3/8 in. (51.8 cm); L. of cutting edge 16 1/4 in. (41.2 cm); D. of curvature 1/2 in. (1.2 cm)
Classification: Swords
Credit line: Gift of Brayton Ives and W. T. Walters, 1891
Accession year: 1891