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, dated 1626; mounting, 19th century
Medium: Steel, wood, lacquer, cooper-silver alloy (shibuichi), copper-gold alloy (shakudō), gold, silver
Dimensions: L. 29 9/16 in. ( 75.1 cm); L. of blade 26 1/8 in. (66.4 cm); L. of cutting edge 20 3/8 in. (51.7 cm); D. of curvature 1/8 in. (0.3 cm)
Classification: Swords
Credit line: Gift of Brayton Ives and W. T. Walters, 1891
Accession year: 1891