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Dagger (tanto) with waves, lobster, and swallows (includes 51.1185.1-51.1185.4)
1300-1500 (Muromachi; late Edo; Meiji)
Red-gold and gold lacquer, steel, silver, gold, shakudo
Tsuba, fuchi, kashira: Moon behind clouds, waves; lobster. (silver, gold, copper alloy, shakudo). Saya: Crashing waves, orange blossoms. (lacquer, silver, gold).
Inscription
Geographies
Japan
(Place of Origin)
Edo (Place of Origin)
Measurements
18 5/16 in. (46.5 cm) (l.) mounted tanto
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.
51.1185
