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, 18th century; mounting 19th century
Medium: Steel, wood, lacquer, ray skin (samé), thread, copper-gold alloy (shakudō), copper-silver alloy (shibuichi), abolone shell
Dimensions: L. 26 1/8 in. (66.4 cm); L. of balde 24 5/16 in.  (61.8 cm); L. of cutting edge 18 1/16 in. (45.9 cm); D. of curvature 5/16 in. (0.75 cm)
Classification: Swords
Geography:    Musashi Province   
Credit line: Gift of Herman A. E. and Paul C. Jaehne, 1943
Accession year: 1943