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Blades and Mountings for a Pair of Swords (Daishō)
Sukemitsu of Bizen
- Medium
- Steel, wood, lacquer, copper-silver alloy (shibuichi), gold, copper, rayskin, silk
- Dimensions
- L. of sword (katana) 34 1/8 in. (86.7 cm); L. of sword (katana) blade 25 1/4 in. (64.1 cm); L. of sword (katana) scabbard 28 1/4 in. (71.8 cm); L. of short sword (wakizashi) 26 in. (66.0 cm); L. of short sword (wakizashi) blade 20 3/4 in. (52.7 cm); L. of short sword (wakizashi) scabbard 19 3/4 in. (50.2 cm); L. of knife (kozuka) for short sword (wakizashi) mounting 8 3/4 in. (22.2 cm)
- Culture
- Japanese
- Department
- Arms and Armor
- Classification
- Swords
- Dated
- sword (katana) blade, dated 1440; short sword (wakizashi) blade, 15th century; mountings, late 18th century
- Pixels
- 3678 × 1389
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Sukemitsu of Bizen. Blades and Mountings for a Pair of Swords (Daishō), sword (katana) blade, dated 1440; short sword (wakizashi) blade, 15th century; mountings, late 18th century. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.