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Wakizashi (short sword), in Scabbard

Kunishige I

Asian Art

ARTIST Kunishige I
MEDIUM Lacquer scabbard, copper fittings
  • Place Made: Japan
    • DATES 1629
    PERIOD Edo Period
    DIMENSIONS 24 3/8 in. (61.9 cm)
    SIGNATURE signed on tang: Bitchu-no-kuni Mizuta-no-ju Otsuki Kunishige
    COLLECTIONS Asian Art
    ACCESSION NUMBER X740.5
    CREDIT LINE Brooklyn Museum Collection
    MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
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