Title: Blade and Mounting for a Short Sword (Wakizashi)
Object type: Blade and mounting for a short sword (Wakizashi)
Date: blade, dated 1839; mounting, early–mid 19th century
Culture: Japanese
Artist: Blade inscribed by Naotane Taikei 
Artist bio: Japanese, Yamagata 1778–1857 Edo
Artist nationality: Japanese
Artist role: Swordsmith
Medium: Steel, wood, lacquer, rayskin (samé), thread, iron, copper-silver alloy (shibuichi), gold,  silver
Dimensions: L. 26 3/4 in. (67.9 cm); L. of blade 23 3/8 in. (59.4 cm); L. of cutting edge 17 27/32 in. (45.3 cm); D. of curvature 9/64 in. (0.36 cm)
Classification: Swords
Credit line: Gift of Brayton Ives and W. T. Walters, 1891
Geography: Country of Origin Hagi Nagato Province (Yamaguchi Prefecture)  Japan      
Department: Arms and Armor
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY