Tanto

Description

Tanto or dagger, with a curved single-edged steel blade, a wooden hilt wrapped in silk cord, a mirror-black lacquer sheath, shibuichi mounts, a kozuka, and two kogai of shakudo and copper: Japan, blade signed by Kunihiro, mounts signed by Issho

Museum reference

A.1931.260

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Tanto, Sheath, Kozuka, Kogai

Production information

Utagawa Kunihiro, Maker of blade
Japan, East Asia
Issho, Maker of mounts
Japan, East Asia

Materials

Steel, Brass, Wood, Silk, Shibuichi, Lacquer, Shakudō, Copper

Exhibitions

• Treasured: Wonderful Things, Amazing Stories (14 Nov 2008 - 01 Jan 2011)
  National Museum of Scotland

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