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, probably 16th century; mounting, late 19th century
Medium: Steel, wood, lacquer, ray skin (samé), baleen, copper-gold alloy (shakudō), copper
Dimensions: L. 25 in. (63.5 cm); L. of blade 17 3/16 in. (43.6 cm); L. of cutting edge 12 3/8 in. (31.5 cm); D. of curvature 13/16 in. (0.8 cm)

Classification: Swords
Credit line: Bequest of George C. Stone, 1935
Accession year: 1936