Blade and Mounting for a Dagger (<i>Tantō</i>)

Gassan Sadakazu

Date

blade, dated 1870; mounting, 19th century

Type

Blade and mounting for a dagger (<i>Tantō</i>)

Medium

Steel, wood (rosewod), copper-gold alloy (<i>shakudō</i>), copper-silver alloy (<i>shibuichi</i>), gold, silver

Department

Arms and Armor

Culture

Japanese

Institution

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Object number

32.100.470

Credit

The Friedsam Collection, Bequest of Michael Friedsam, 1931