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The Metropolitan Museum Journal, v. 5 (1972)
THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART JOURNAL | VOLUME 5

"A Study of the Works of Gassan Sadakazu in The Metropolitan Museum of Art"

Vincent, Benjamin
1972
8 pages
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Benjamin Vincent

Blade and Mounting for a Dagger (<i>Tantō</i>), Gassan Sadakazu  Japanese, Steel, wood (rosewod), copper-gold alloy (<i>shakudō</i>), copper-silver alloy (<i>shibuichi</i>), gold, silver, Japanese
Multiple artists/makers
blade, dated 1870; mounting, 19th century
Blade and Mounting for a Dagger (Tantō), Steel, wood, silver, copper-gold alloy (shakudō), copper, gold, Japanese
Japanese
blade, 19th century; mounting, 19th century
Blade and Mounting for a Dagger (Tantō), Steel, wood, lacquer, baleen, gold, silver, Japanese
Japanese
blade, mid-19th century mounting, mid–late 19th century
Japanese
blade, 19th century; mounting, mid–late 19th century
Japanese
blade, 19th century; mounting, 19th century
Japanese
dated, 1915