Blade and Mounting for a Short Sword (Wakazashi)
Unknown
blade, 1819; mounting, 19th century · Steel, wood, rayskin (samé), textile (silk), lacquer, red coral, copper-gold alloy (shakudō), silver · Arms and Armor
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- blade, 1819; mounting, 19th century
- Medium
- Steel, wood, rayskin (samé), textile (silk), lacquer, red coral, copper-gold alloy (shakudō), silver
- Culture
- Japanese
- Department
- Arms and Armor
- Credit line
- Gift of Brayton Ives and W. T. Walters, 1891
