Title: Blade and Mounting for a Dagger (Tantō)
Object type: Blade and mounting for a dagger (Tantō)
Date: blade, dated 1525; mounting, 19th century
Culture: Japanese
Artist: Blade inscribed by Kuniyoshi 
Artist bio: Japanese, active ca. 1525
Artist nationality: Japanese
Artist role: Swordsmith
Medium: Steel, wood, copper-gold alloy (shakudō), copper-silver alloy (shibuichi), gold, lacquer, rayskin (samé), silk, abalone shell, silver
Dimensions: L. 17 in. (43.2 cm); L. of blade 13 7/16 in. (34.2cm); L. of cutting edge 10 1/16 in. (25.6 cm)
Classification: Daggers
Credit line: Gift of Brayton Ives and W. T. Walters, 1891
Geography: Country of Origin Tokyo   Japan      
Department: Arms and Armor
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY