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, early 17th century; mounting, 1858
Medium: Steel, wood, lacquer, rayskin (samé), paper, silver, copper-gold alloy (shakudō), copper, gold
Dimensions: L. 23 5/16 in. (59.2 cm); L.of blade 17 in. (43.2 cm); L. of cutting edge 12 3/16 in.(30.9 cm); D. of curvature 1/8 in. (0.3 cm)
Classification: Swords
Credit line: Gift of Brayton Ives and W. T. Walters, 1891
Accession year: 1891