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紅葉蒔絵鞘脇指拵 Mounting for a Short Sword (<i>Wakizashi</i>)click to zoom
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紅葉蒔絵鞘脇指拵 Mounting for a Short Sword (<i>Wakizashi</i>)

重武 Shigetake
Medium
Steel, wood, lacquer, rayskin (<i>same</i>), thread, copper-gold alloy (<i>shakudō</i>), gold, copper-silver alloy (<i>shibuichi</i>)
Dimensions
L. 22 13/16 in. (57.9 cm); L. of blade 15 1/16 in. (38.2 cm); L. of cutting edge 11 1/8 in. (28.2 cm); D. of curvature 1/8 in. (0.3 cm)
Culture
Japanese
Department
Arms and Armor
Classification
Daggers
Dated
blade, 18th century; mounting, 19th century
Pixels
4000 × 2000
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重武 Shigetake. 紅葉蒔絵鞘脇指拵 Mounting for a Short Sword (<i>Wakizashi</i>), blade, 18th century; mounting, 19th century. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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