Blade and Mounting for a Short Sword (Wakizashi). Culture: Japanese. 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). Fittings maker: Sword guard (Tsuba) inscribed by Soheishi Sotensai (Japanese, active 18th century). Swordsmith: Blade attributed to Fusamune of Soshu (Japanese, active ca. late 15th-early 16th century). Date: blade, late 15th-early 16th century; mounting, 18th century.Fusamune is well-known among the many swordsmiths who worked in Sagami Province (Soshu) during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. Typical of the style of the late Soshu school, this blade has tempering effects (hitatsura) visible throughout the surface of the blade, as well as engraving. The luxurious late eighteenth-century mounting is of top quality. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

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Blade and Mounting for a Short Sword (Wakizashi). Culture: Japanese. 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). Fittings maker: Sword guard (Tsuba) inscribed by Soheishi Sotensai (Japanese, active 18th century). Swordsmith: Blade attributed to Fusamune of Soshu (Japanese, active ca. late 15th-early 16th century). Date: blade, late 15th-early 16th century; mounting, 18th century.Fusamune is well-known among the many swordsmiths who worked in Sagami Province (Soshu) during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. Typical of the style of the late Soshu school, this blade has tempering effects (hitatsura) visible throughout the surface of the blade, as well as engraving. The luxurious late eighteenth-century mounting is of top quality. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

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