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, 17th century; mounting, 18th century
Medium: Steel, wood, lacquer, copper-gold alloy (shakudō), gold, silver
Dimensions: L.  22 in. (55.8 cm); L. of blade 20 1/16 in. (50.9 cm); L. of cutting edge 14 5/8 in. (37.2 cm); D. of curvature 7/16 in. (1.1 cm)
Classification: Swords
Credit line: Bequest of George C. Stone, 1935
Accession year: 1936