Title: 金魚子地秋草図金具合口拵・付銀刀 Blade and Mounting for a Dagger (<i>Tantō</i>)
Object type: Blade and mounting for a dagger (<i>Tantō</i>)
Date: mid–late 19th century
Culture: Japanese
Artist: Fittings and blade by 宮田信清 Miyata Nobukiyo 
Artist bio: Japanese, Kyōto 1817–1884 Edo (present-day Tokyo)
Artist nationality: Japanese
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Steel, silver, copper, copper-gold alloy (<i>shakudō</i>), gold, ray skin (<i>same</i>), baleen, lacquer
Dimensions: L.  9 7/8 in. (25.1 cm); L. of blade 13 9/16 in. (34.5 cm); L. of cutting edge 9 7/16 in. (23.9 cm)
Classification: Daggers
Credit line: Gift of Brayton Ives and W. T. Walters, 1891
Geography: Country of Origin    Japan      
Department: Arms and Armor
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY