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Scabbard for wakizashi (short sword)
Scabbard for wakizashi (short sword)
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Scabbard for wakizashi (short sword)

Artist/Culture
Date1800s
Mediumwood, lacquer, silver
ClassificationsArms and Armor
Credit LineBequest of Mildred Marcus Levin and Harold Lester Levin of Nutley, NJ
Object number1976.264.2
DescriptionWood scabbard with red lacquer. Moth theme on silver and/or silver-alloy ishizuke (butt-cap).
ProvenanceBequest of Harold Lester Levin
On View
Not on view
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Japanese
1416, mountings early 1800s
Wakizashi (short sword)
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1500s, with later fittings
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Japanese
early 1400s, mountings of early 1800s
Wakizashi (short sword)
Japanese
1800s, blade perhaps 1500s
Reference Image - Not for Reproduction
Japanese
late 1400s–early 1500s
Reference Image - Not for Reproduction
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late 1600s
Reference Image - Not for Reproduction
Japanese
1700s–1800s