Blade and Mounting for a Short Sword (Wakizashi)
Unknown
blade, (1852); mounting, 19th century · Steel, wood, rayskin (samé), lacquer, thread, copper-gold alloy (shakudō), silver, copper-silver alloy (shibuichi) · Arms and Armor
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- blade, (1852); mounting, 19th century
- Medium
- Steel, wood, rayskin (samé), lacquer, thread, copper-gold alloy (shakudō), silver, copper-silver alloy (shibuichi)
- Culture
- Japanese
- Department
- Arms and Armor
- Credit line
- Gift of Brayton Ives and W. T. Walters, 1891
