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Blades and Mountings for a Pair of Swords (Daishō)
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Blades and Mountings for a Pair of Swords (Daishō)

Naotane Taikei · blades, dated 1839; mountings, 19th century · Steel, wood, lacquer, rayskin, silk, iron, copper-gold alloy (shakudō), copper, gold, silver, copper-silver alloy (shibuichi)

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Subjects
SwordsArms and ArmorJapanese
Credit lineBlades and Mountings for a Pair of Swords (Daishō). blades, dated 1839; mountings, 19th century. Naotane Taikei. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Brayton Ives and W. T. Walters, 1891. CC0.
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