Blade and Mounting for a Short Sword (Wakizashi)

Yokoyama Kōzukedaijō Sukesada|乙柳軒政信 Otsuryūken Masanobu

blade, late 17th century; mounting, 19th century · Steel, wood, lacquer, ray skin (samé), thread, copper-gold alloy (shakudō), copper, gold, copper-silver alloy (shibuichi), iron · Arms and Armor

Artist

Yokoyama Kōzukedaijō Sukesada|乙柳軒政信 Otsuryūken Masanobu

Date

blade, late 17th century; mounting, 19th century

Medium

Steel, wood, lacquer, ray skin (samé), thread, copper-gold alloy (shakudō), copper, gold, copper-silver alloy (shibuichi), iron

Culture

Japanese

Department

Arms and Armor

Credit line

The Howard Mansfield Collection, Gift of Howard Mansfield, 1936