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, dated 1560; mounting, early 19th century
Medium: Steel, wood, lacquer, ray skin (samé), baleen, gold, silver, copper-silver alloy (shibuichi)
Dimensions: L. 33 1/8 in. (84.2 cm); L. of blade 29 13/16 in. (75.8 cm); L. of cutting edge 23 7/16 in. (59.6 cm); D. of curvature 5/8 (1.6 cm)
Classification: Swords
Geography:    Okayama Prefecture   
Credit line: Gift of Brayton Ives and W. T. Walters, 1891
Accession year: 1891