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Blade and Mounting for a Dagger (Tantō) by Kuniyoshi
The Metropolitan Museum of ArtPublic domain

Blade and Mounting for a Dagger (Tantō)

Kuniyoshi · blade, dated 1525; mounting, 19th century

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Artist

Kuniyoshi

Date

blade, dated 1525; mounting, 19th century

Medium

Steel, wood, copper-gold alloy (shakudō), copper-silver alloy (shibuichi), gold, lacquer, rayskin (samé), silk, abalone shell, silver

Dimensions

L. 17 in. (43.2 cm); L. of blade 13 7/16 in. (34.2cm); L. of cutting edge 10 1/16 in. (25.6 cm)

Classification

Daggers

Department

Arms and Armor

Culture / origin

Japanese

Credit line

Gift of Brayton Ives and W. T. Walters, 1891

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