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

Unknown

blade and mounting, 19th century; sword guard, 16th century · Steel, wood, rayskin (<i>same</i>), thread, silver, copper-gold alloy (<i>shakudō</i>), gold · Arms and Armor

Artist

Unknown

Date

blade and mounting, 19th century; sword guard, 16th century

Medium

Steel, wood, rayskin (<i>same</i>), thread, silver, copper-gold alloy (<i>shakudō</i>), gold

Culture

Japanese

Department

Arms and Armor

Credit line

H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929