Title: Mounting for a Short Sword (<i>Wakizashi Goshirae</i>)
Object type: Mounting for a short sword (<i>Wakizashi goshirae</i>)
Date: mounting 19th century; grip ornaments 16th century; hilt collar (<i>fuchi</i>), dated 1849
Culture: Japanese
Artist:  Shibata Zeshin 
Artist bio: Japanese, 1807–1891
Artist nationality: Japanese
Artist role: Lacquer worker
Medium: Wood, lacquer, ray skin (<i>samé</i>), thread, copper-gold alloy (<i>shakudō</i>), brass, iron
Dimensions: L. 26 1/8 in. (66.4 cm)
Classification: Sword Fittings
Credit line: Purchase, The Howard Mansfield Collection, Gift of Howard Mansfield, by exchange, 2011
Geography: Country of Origin    Japan      
Department: Arms and Armor
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY