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Blade and Mounting for a Short Sword (Wakizashi)
Fusamune of Soshu|Sōheishi Sōtensai
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York City, United States
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- Title: Blade and Mounting for a Short Sword (Wakizashi)
- Creator: Fusamune of Soshu|Sōheishi Sōtensai
- Date Created: blade, late 15th–early 16th century; mounting, 18th century
- Physical Dimensions: L. 29 3/4 in. (75.7 cm); L. of blade 24 3/8 in. (62 cm); L. of cutting edge 19 5/8 in. (50 cm); D. of curvature 3/8 in. (0.9 cm)
- Type: Blade and mounting for a short sword (Wakizashi)
- External Link: http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/27599
- Medium: Steel, wood, lacquer, ray skin (samé), silk, copper-gold alloy (shakudō), gold, silver
- Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
- Culture: Japanese
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