Short Sword Blade (""Wakizashi"")

ca. 1300 (Kamakura) 15 1/8 in. (38.4 cm) (l.) Citation Source image

This Bizen style blade was cut down and remounted in the later 19th century. It was likely made by Kaytayama Ichimonji, and shows stylistic qualities indicative of Bizen-den work being done in Bitchu Province around 1300.

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Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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