鮫皮研出鞘大小拵 Blades and Mountings for a Pair of Swords (&lt;i&gt;Daishō&lt;/i&gt;)
Object type: Blades and mountings for a pair of swords (Daishō)
Department: Arms and Armor
Culture: Japanese
Artist: Gotō Tokujō|Yokoya Munekuni|Muramasa|Gotō Mitsuyoshi (Shinjō)|Nobukuni
Artist bio: Japanese, 1550–1631, fifth-generation Gotō master|Japanese, active 19th century|Japanese, active 16th century|Japanese, 1780–1843, fifteenth-generation Gotō master|Japanese, active late 14th–early 15th century
Artist role: Fittings maker|Fittings maker|Swordsmith|Fittings maker|Swordsmith
Artist nationality: Japanese|Japanese|Japanese|Japanese|Japanese
Date: sword (<i>katana</i>) blade, 16th century; short sword (<i>wakizashi</i>) blade, late 14th–early 15th century; mountings, 19th century
Medium: Steel, wood, lacquer, ray skin (<i>same</i>), thread, copper-gold alloy (<i>shakudō</i>), gold
Dimensions: L. of sword (<i>katana</i>) 34 1/4 in. (87 cm); L. of sword (<i>katana</i>) blade 25 5/32 in. (63.9 cm); D. of sword (<i>katana</i>) blade curvature 19/32 (1.5 cm); L. of sword (<i>katana</i>) scabbard 28 in. (71.1 cm); L. of short sword (<i>wakizashi</i>) 26 11/16 in. (67.8 cm); L. of short sword (<i>wakizashi</i>) blade 13 15/16 in. (35.4 cm); D. of short sword (<i>wakizashi</i>) blade curvature 3/16 in. (0.45 cm); L. of short sword (<i>wakizashi</i>) scabbard 20 1/2 (52.1 cm); L. of knife (<i>kozuka</i>) for short sword (<i>wakizashi</i>) mounting L. 8 5/8 in. (21.9 cm)
Classification: Swords
Credit line: The Howard Mansfield Collection, Gift of Howard Mansfield, 1936
Accession year: 1936