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Blades and Mountings for a Pair of Swords (<i>Daishō</i>)
Yokoyama Kōzukedaijō Sukesada
- Date
- blades, 17th century; mountings, early 19th century
- Type
- Blades and mountings for a pair of swords (<i>Daishō</I>)
- Medium
- Steel, wood, lacquer, copper-gold alloy (<i>shakudō</i>), gold, copper-silver alloy (<i>shibuichi</i>), ray skin (<i>same</i>), silk
- Department
- Arms and Armor
- Culture
- Japanese
- Institution
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Object number
- 36.120.419a–d, .420a–d
- Credit
- The Howard Mansfield Collection, Gift of Howard Mansfield, 1936
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