Object: Japanese Imperial Navy officer's dirk of the type traditionally described as the 1883 pattern.

These compact dress sidearms form a distinctive part of Imperial Japanese naval material culture and are collected alongside naval swords, uniforms and related fittings.

Dating: “1883 pattern” identifies the regulation type and should not, by itself, be read as the manufacture date of this individual example.

No individual officer provenance or maker attribution is asserted in the present catalogue entry.

Condition: Please study the photographs carefully; they form an integral part of the description.