Blade and Mounting for a Short Sword (<i>Wakizashi</i>)

Japanese · blade and mounting, 19th century; sword guard, 16th century

Steel, wood, rayskin (<i>same</i>), thread, silver, copper-gold alloy (<i>shakudō</i>), gold

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