Blade and Mounting for a Dagger (Tantō)

Uda Kunimitsu · blade, dated November, 1333; mounting, 19th century

Blade and Mounting for a Dagger (Tantō)

Steel, wood, lacquer, ray skin (samé), leather, copper, gold, silver, gold, shark skin, copper-gold alloy (shakudō)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art · CC0 1.0

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