Blade and Mounting for a Sword (Katana)
Object type: Blade and mounting for a sword (Katana)
Department: Arms and Armor
Culture: Japanese
Date: blade, 14th century
Medium: Steel, wood, lacquer, silver, copper-gold alloy (shakudō), gold, rayskin (samé), baleen
Dimensions: L. 40 1/16 in. (101.8 cm); L. of blade 35 9/16 in. (90.3 cm); L. of cutting edge 27 1/16 in. (68.7 cm); D. of curvature 3/4 in. (1.9 cm)
Classification: Swords
Geography:    Toyama   
Credit line: Gift of Brayton Ives and W. T. Walters, 1891
Accession year: 1891