Blade and Mounting for a Sword (Katana)
Object type: Blade and mounting for a sword (Katana)
Department: Arms and Armor
Culture: Japanese
Date: blade, probably late 18th–early 19th century; mounting, 19th century
Medium: Steel, wood, lacquer, baleen, silver, copper-gold alloy (shakudō), coral, gold
Dimensions: L. 39 15/16 in. (101.5 cm); L. of blade 37 5/16 in. (94.8 cm); L. of cutting edge 28 9/16 in. (72.5 cm); D. of curvature 1 1/8 in. (2.8 cm)
Classification: Swords
Geography:  Tokyo  Saga|Nagasaki   
Credit line: Gift of Brayton Ives and W. T. Walters, 1891
Accession year: 1891