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Short sword (wakizashi) with stained wood saya with dragonflies and cicada (includes 51.1227.1-51.1227.5)
1857-1862 (late Edo; Meiji)
Stained wood, steel, shakudo, gold, sentoku, silver, copper, shibuichi
Stained wood saya with two dragonflies in gold and shibuichi and a cicada in copper and gold. Shakudo tsuba with gold detail and inscription. Gold habaki and seppa. Rest of mounting of shibuichi, gold, silver, and copper. Sentoku kozuka with inscription on blade. Blade with ken and a dragon.
Inscription
Measurements
26 11/16 in. (67.8 cm) (l.) mounted wakizashi
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
51.1227
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