Blade and Mounting for a Dagger (Tantō)
Blade attributed to Momokawa Nagayoshi Japanese
Mounting inscribed by Kanō Natsuo Japanese
Not on view
Natsuo is consdered the last great maker of sword fittings, and this dagger is one of his masterpieces. The lacquer work is by Shibata Zeshin (1801–1891), one of Japan's leading nineteenth-century lacquer artists.