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, 16th century; mounting, 19th century
Medium: Steel, wood (ebony), lacquer, copper-gold alloy (shakudō), gold, copper
Dimensions: L. 17 13/16 in. (45.3 cm); L. of blade 17 5/8 in. (44.8 cm); L. of cutting edge 12 3/16 in. (31 cm); D. of curvature 1/4 in. (0.7 cm)
Classification: Swords
Credit line: Gift of Brayton Ives and W. T. Walters, 1891
Accession year: 1891