Blade and Mounting for a Short Sword (Wakizashi)

Yasumitsu|Iwamoto Konkan

blade, 15th century; mounting, late 18th century · Steel, wood, lacquer, ray skin (samé); thread, copper-gold alloy (shakudō), copper-silver alloy (shibuichi) · Arms and Armor

This is the only known complete set of daishō mountings (paired with 36.120.417a, b) by Iwamoto Konkan, one of the most famous makers of sword fittings in the eighteenth century. The artist's inscription identifies the patron as Iwata Takanori and the design as the Six Tama Rivers.

Artist

Yasumitsu|Iwamoto Konkan

Date

blade, 15th century; mounting, late 18th century

Medium

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

Culture

Japanese

Department

Arms and Armor

Credit line

The Howard Mansfield Collection, Gift of Howard Mansfield, 1936