Blades and mountings for a pair of swords (Daishō)
Blades and Mountings for a Pair of Swords (Daishō)
Sukemitsu of Bizen|Yasumitsu|Iwamoto Konkan
Japanese, Bizen, Muromachi period, active ca. 1440|Japanese, Muromachi period, 15th century|Japanese, Edo period, 1744–1801
Sukemitsu of Bizen|Yasumitsu|Iwamoto Konkan
sword (katana) blade, dated 1440; short sword (wakizashi) blade, 15th century; mountings, late 18th century
Steel, wood, lacquer, copper-silver alloy (shibuichi), gold, copper, rayskin, silk
The Howard Mansfield Collection, Gift of Howard Mansfield, 1936