Sword

Description

Sword, with a curved single-edged steel blade, a wooden hilt covered in sharkskin laced with black silk cord, and a sheath of plain black lacquered wood: Japan

Museum reference

A.1956.633

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Sword, Sheath

Production information

Japan, East Asia

Materials

Steel, Wood, Shark skin, Silk, Wood, Lacquer

Physical description

Steel, wood, sharkskin, silk

Exhibitions

• Looking East: The Lady Ivy Wu Gallery (29 Jul 2011 - 08 Jun 2014)
  National Museum of Scotland

References

Jane Wilkinson and Nick Pearce, Harmony & Contrast: A Journey through East Asian Art (National Museums of Scotland, 1996), p.72