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Short sword (wakizashi) with black lacquer saya with plum mon design (includes 51.1249.1-51.1249.5)
1829 (Edo)
Black lacquer, ray skin, green mother-of-pearl, steel, silver, shakudo, gold, brass
Black lacquer saya with shell dust and silver inlay, latter in the form of rosettes. Brass kojiri. Lacquer kurigata. Silver habaki; gold seppa. Other mountings of copper with gold and silver detail. Tsuka with ray skin and ito-maki. Kozuka inscribed on blade.
Inscription
Measurements
Overall: 27 3/16 in. (69 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
51.1249
