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, possibly 17th century; mounting 19th century
Medium: Steel, wood, lacquer, baleen, silver, copper-gold alloy (shakudō), gold, copper, pearl
Dimensions: L. 28 1/8 in. (71.4 cm); L. of blade 23 7/8 in. (60.6 cm); L. of cutting edge 18 7/16 in. (46.9 cm); D. of curvature 3/4 in. (1.9 cm)
Classification: Swords
Geography:    Saga Prefecture   
Credit line: Gift of Brayton Ives and W. T. Walters, 1891
Accession year: 1891