Blade and Mounting for a Short Sword (Wakizashi)
Object type: Blade and mounting for a short sword (Wakizashi)
Department: Arms and Armor
Culture: Japanese
Artist: Yokoyama Kōzukedaijō Sukesada|乙柳軒政信 Otsuryūken Masanobu
Artist bio: Japanese, 1627–1716|Japanese, born 1773
Artist role: Swordsmith|Fittings maker
Artist nationality: Japanese|Japanese
Date: blade, late 17th century; mounting, 19th century
Medium: Steel, wood, lacquer, ray skin (samé), thread, copper-gold alloy (shakudō), copper, gold, copper-silver alloy (shibuichi), iron
Dimensions: L. 27 1/16 in. (68.7 cm); L. of blade 23 5/8 in. (60 cm); L. of cutting edge 17 3/4 in.(45.1 cm); D. of curvature 3/8 in. (0.9 cm); L. of knife (kozuka) 8 1/2 in. (21.6 cm); L. of hair dressing tool (kogai) 8 1/4 in. (21.0 cm)
Classification: Swords
Credit line: The Howard Mansfield Collection, Gift of Howard Mansfield, 1936
Accession year: 1936