金魚子地秋草図金具合口拵・付銀刀 Blade and Mounting for a Dagger (&lt;i&gt;Tantō&lt;/i&gt;)
Object type: Blade and mounting for a dagger (<i>Tantō</i>)
Department: Arms and Armor
Culture: Japanese
Artist: 宮田信清 Miyata Nobukiyo
Artist bio: Japanese, Kyōto 1817–1884 Edo (present-day Tokyo)
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: Japanese
Date: mid–late 19th century
Medium: Steel, silver, copper, copper-gold alloy (<i>shakudō</i>), gold, ray skin (<i>same</i>), baleen, lacquer
Dimensions: L.  9 7/8 in. (25.1 cm); L. of blade 13 9/16 in. (34.5 cm); L. of cutting edge 9 7/16 in. (23.9 cm)
Classification: Daggers
Credit line: Gift of Brayton Ives and W. T. Walters, 1891
Accession year: 1891