Koshirae_wakizashi_Met_91.2.74_n01.jpg

Summary

Description

English: Blade for a wakizashi, inscribed by Masahide and koshirae (mountings), Edo period.

Français : Lame pour un wakizashi inscrite par Masahide et koshirae (monture), époque d'Edo.

Date

koshirae: 19 ^th century ; wakizashi: 1819

Medium

English: blade: steel; fittings: silver, gold, copper; scabbard: lacquered wood, rayskin, silk

Français : lame : acier ; incrustations : argent, or, cuivre ; fourreau : bois laqué, peau de raie, soie

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

	Native name	Metropolitan Museum of Art
	Location	Manhattan , New York City , United States of America
	Coordinates	40° 46′ 46″ N, 73° 57′ 48″ W
	Established	1870
	Website	www.metmuseum.org
	Authority file	: Q160236 VIAF : 126238294 ISNI : 0000000419368761 ULAN : 500125157 LCCN : n79129629 NLA : 36247933 WorldCat

Current location

Department of Arms and Armor, ground floor, gallery 378

Accession number

91.2.74

Credit line

gift of Brayton Ives & W. T. Walters, 1891

Source/Photographer

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