Title: 紅葉蒔絵鞘脇指拵 Mounting for a Short Sword (<i>Wakizashi</i>)
Object type: Blade and mounting for a short sword (<i>Wakizashi</i>)
Date: blade, 18th century; mounting, 19th century
Culture: Japanese
Artist:  重武 Shigetake 
Artist bio: Japanese, Edo, active 18th century
Artist nationality: Japanese
Artist role: Swordsmith
Medium: Steel, wood, lacquer, rayskin (<i>same</i>), thread, copper-gold alloy (<i>shakudō</i>), gold, copper-silver alloy (<i>shibuichi</i>)
Dimensions: L. 22 13/16 in. (57.9 cm); L. of blade 15 1/16 in. (38.2 cm); L. of cutting edge 11 1/8 in. (28.2 cm); D. of curvature 1/8 in. (0.3 cm)
Classification: Daggers
Credit line: Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891
Geography: Country of Origin    Japan      
Department: Arms and Armor
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
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