Blade and Mounting for a Short Sword (<i>Wakizashi</i>)

Yoshioka Tadatsugu|Kikuchi Tsunesada|Kawachino Kamifujiwara Rai[...]

blade, 18th century; mounting, 18th–early 19th century · Steel, wood, lacquer, gold, abalone shell, iron, silver, copper-gold alloy (<i>shakudō</i>), copper, silk · Arms and Armor

Artist

Yoshioka Tadatsugu|Kikuchi Tsunesada|Kawachino Kamifujiwara Rai[...]

Date

blade, 18th century; mounting, 18th–early 19th century

Medium

Steel, wood, lacquer, gold, abalone shell, iron, silver, copper-gold alloy (<i>shakudō</i>), copper, silk

Culture

Japanese

Department

Arms and Armor

Credit line

Gift of Etsuko O. Morris and John H. Morris Jr., 2018