Blade and Mounting for a Short Sword (Wakizashi)
Object type: Blade and mounting for a short sword (Wakizashi)
Department: Arms and Armor
Culture: Japanese
Date: blade 19th century (dated, 1858); mounting 19th century
Medium: Steel, wood, lacquer, ray skin (samé), thread, copper-gold alloy (shakudō), copper-silver alloy (shibuichi), gold, abalone shell, iron, silver, copper
Dimensions: L. 22 3/16 in. (56.4 cm); L. of blade 20 3/4 in. (52.7 cm); L. of cutting edge 15 9/16 in. (39.6 cm); D. of curvature 3/8 in. (0.9 cm)
Classification: Swords
Credit line: Gift of Herman A. E. and Paul C. Jaehne, 1943
Accession year: 1943