鮫皮研出鞘大小拵 Blades and Mountings for a Pair of Swords (<i>Daishō</i>)

Gotō Tokujō|Yokoya Munekuni|Muramasa|Gotō Mitsuyoshi (Shinjō)|Nobukuni

sword (<i>katana</i>) blade, 16th century; short sword (<i>wakizashi</i>) blade, late 14th–early 15th century; mountings, 19th century · Steel, wood, lacquer, ray skin (<i>same</i>), thread, copper-gold alloy (<i>shakudō</i>), gold · Arms and Armor

Artist

Gotō Tokujō|Yokoya Munekuni|Muramasa|Gotō Mitsuyoshi (Shinjō)|Nobukuni

Date

sword (<i>katana</i>) blade, 16th century; short sword (<i>wakizashi</i>) blade, late 14th–early 15th century; mountings, 19th century

Medium

Steel, wood, lacquer, ray skin (<i>same</i>), thread, copper-gold alloy (<i>shakudō</i>), gold

Culture

Japanese

Department

Arms and Armor

Credit line

The Howard Mansfield Collection, Gift of Howard Mansfield, 1936