Blade and Mounting for a Dagger (Tantō)
Object type: Blade and mounting for a dagger (Tantō)
Department: Arms and Armor
Culture: Japanese
Date: blade, late 15th–early 16th century; mounting, mid-19th century
Medium: Steel, wood, lacquer, gold, copper-silver alloy (shibuichi), copper-gold alloy (shakudō), copper
Dimensions: L. 15 3/16 in. (38.6 cm); L. of blade 14 15/16 in. (37.9 cm); L. of cutting edge 10 9/16 in. (26.8 cm)
Classification: Daggers
Geography:    Shiga Prefecture   
Credit line: Gift of Brayton Ives and W. T. Walters, 1891
Accession year: 1891