Title: グリ彫金具脇指拵 Blade and Mounting for a Short Sword (<i>Wakizashi</i>)
Object type: Blade and mounting for a short sword (<i>Wakizashi</i>)
Date: blade, 17th century; mounting, 19th century
Culture: Japanese
Artist:  尾張関 Owari-Seki 
Artist bio: Japanese, active 17th century
Artist nationality: Japanese
Artist role: Bladesmith
Medium: Steel, wood, lacquer, ray skin (<i>same</i>), baleen, copper-gold alloy (<i>shakudō</i>), copper (<i>hiirodō</i>)
Dimensions: L. 24 3/4 in. (62.9 cm); L. of blade 17 1/4 in. (43.9 cm); L. of cutting edge 12 1/2(31.8 cm); D. of curvature 3/16 in. (0.5 cm); L. of kozuka 8 in. (20.3 cm); L. of kogai 8 3/8 in. (21.3 cm)
Classification: Swords
Credit line: The Howard Mansfield Collection, Gift of Howard Mansfield, 1936
Geography: Country of Origin    Japan      
Department: Arms and Armor
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY