Blade and Mounting for a Short Sword (Wakazashi)
Object type: Blade and mounting for a short sword (Wakazashi)
Department: Arms and Armor
Culture: Japanese
Date: blade, 1819; mounting, 19th century
Medium: Steel, wood, rayskin (samé), textile (silk), lacquer, red coral, copper-gold alloy (shakudō), silver
Dimensions: L. 20 in. (50.8 cm); L. of blade 18 1/8 in. (46.1 cm); L. of cutting edge 15 3/8 in. (39.1 cm); D. of curvature 1/4 in. (0.6 cm)
Classification: Swords
Credit line: Gift of Brayton Ives and W. T. Walters, 1891
Accession year: 1891