Blade and Mounting for a Short Sword (Wakizashi)

Blade by Omidaijo Fujiwara Tadahiro Japanese
Mounting by Takase Eiju Japanese
Sword guard (tsuba) by Yasuchika Japanese

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A wakizashi is a short sword with a blade between 30 and 60 cm long, usually worn in tandem with a full-length sword (katana). Wakizashi were fashionable in the Muromachi period (1392–1573) and later.

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