Tsuba with design of an old man guiding Hikohohodemonimikoto to Ryujin's palace
Seiryuken Katsutoshi
(Japanese, born in 1832)
Mito School
(Japanese, 18th–20th centuries)
mid to late 19th century (before 1890)
Medium/TechniqueMain material: shibuichi; surface treatment: migaki-ji; other metals: gold, silver, shakudo and copper; silvered sekigane; decorative technique: iroe takazogan
DimensionsOverall: 8.3 x 7.6 x 0.6 cm (3 1/4 x 3 x 1/4 in.)
Credit LineCharles Goddard Weld Collection
Accession number11.5457
On View
Not on viewClassificationsArms and armor
Collections
Provenance1890, Charles Goddard Weld Collection; bequest to MFA, Boston, December 7, 1911.
Hagiya Katsutoshi
mid to late 19th century
Hamano Noriyuki II
Late 18th–early 19th century
Mito School
mid-19th century
Nara Masanaga
Late 18th–early 19th century (?)
Maejima Morikane
mid to late 19th century
