鮫皮研出鞘大小拵 Blade and Mounting for a Long Sword (&lt;i&gt;Katana&lt;/i&gt;)
Object type: Blade and mounting for a long sword (<i>Katana</i>)
Department: Arms and Armor
Culture: Japanese
Artist: Yokoya Munekuni|Muramasa|Gotō Tokujō|Gotō Mitsuyoshi (Shinjō)
Artist bio: Japanese, active 19th century|Japanese, active 16th century|Japanese, 1550–1631, fifth-generation Gotō master|Japanese, 1780–1843, fifteenth-generation Gotō master
Artist role: Fittings maker|Swordsmith|Fittings maker|Fittings maker
Artist nationality: Japanese|Japanese|Japanese|Japanese
Date: blade, 16th century; mounting, 19th century
Medium: Steel, wood, lacquer, ray skin (<i>same</i>), thread, copper-gold alloy (<i>shakudō</i>), gold
Dimensions: L. 35 3/4 in. (90.8 cm); L. of blade 32 11/16 in. (83 cm); L. of cutting edge 25 5/32 in. (63.9 cm); D. of blade curvature 19/32 (1.5 cm)
Classification: Swords
Credit line: The Howard Mansfield Collection, Gift of Howard Mansfield, 1936
Accession year: 1936