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Short sword (wakizashi) with black lacquer saya with strips of bamboo applied (includes 51.1230.1-51.1230.5)
1866 (late Edo; Nambokucho)
Black lacquer, bamboo, steel, gold, silver, shakudo, ray skin
Rough black lacquer saya with strips of bamboo applied. Mountings of shibuichi; Kozuka with inscription on blade. Gold habaki and seppa. Gold and silver menuki. Tsuka with ray skin (same) and ito-maki.
Inscription
Measurements
26 3/4 in. (68 cm) (l.) mounted wakizashi
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.
51.1230
