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Short sword (wakizashi) with black lacquer saya with malachite inlay (includes 51.1252.1-51.1252.4)
Black lacquer saya with malachite inlay. Mountings of copper and gold with nanako ground. Silver-gilt menuki. Double seppa of copper and gold; Gold habaki. Tsuka with ray skin and ito-maki. Kozuka blade with dragon and sword.
Tsuba - Flag, pond plant. fuchi, kashira - plum blossoms, pine, crane, turtle (minogame), Taoist immortal. menuki - Hotei with sack. kozuka, kogai - Fukurokujin and crane. kozuka blade has a so no kurikara (dragon coiled around ken).
Inscription
Geographies
Musashi
(Place of Origin)
Japan (Place of Origin)
Measurements
Overall: 27 13/16 in. (70.7 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.
51.1252
