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, 19th century; mountings, 19th century
Medium: Steel, wood, lacquer, rayskin (samé), leather, copper-gold alloy (shakudō), copper-silver alloy (shibuichi)
Dimensions: L. 27 7/16 in. (69.7 cm); L. of blade 25 3/16 in. (63.9 cm); L. of cutting edge 19 1/16 in. (48.4 cm); D. of curvature 3/4 in. (1.9 cm)
Classification: Swords
Credit line: Gift of Brayton Ives and W. T. Walters, 1891
Accession year: 1891