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, late 16th century; mounting, 19th century
Medium: Steel,  wood, lacquer, ray skin (samé), thread, copper-gold alloy (shakudō), hiirodō, iron, gold
Dimensions: L. 27 3/4 in. (70.5 cm); L. of blade 22 in. (55.8 cm); L. of cutting edge 17 1/16 in. (43.3 cm); D. of curvature 1/4 in. (0.7 cm)
Classification: Swords
Credit line: Bequest of George C. Stone, 1935
Accession year: 1936