Blades and Mountings for a Pair of Swords (Daishō)
Object type: Blades and mountings for a pair of swords (Daishō)
Department: Arms and Armor
Culture: Japanese
Artist: Tadahiro (second generation)|Masatoshi
Artist bio: Japanese, active mid-17th century|Japanese, active early 17th century
Artist role: Swordsmith|Swordsmith
Artist nationality: Japanese|Japanese
Date: sword (katana) blade, dated 1636; short sword (wakizashi) blade, early 17th century; mountings, late 18th–early 19th century
Medium: Steel, wood, lacquer, copper-gold alloy (shakudō), gold, copper-silver alloy (shibuichi), rayskin, silk
Classification: Swords
Credit line: Bequest of George C. Stone, 1935
Accession year: 1936