Tsuba with design of suisen (narcissus)

Late 18th–early 19th century

Medium/TechniqueMain material: iron; other metals: gold, silver and shibuichi; shakudo plug and shim; decorative technique: iroe takazogan

DimensionsOverall: 7 x 6.3 x 0.5 cm (2 3/4 x 2 1/2 x 3/16 in.)

Credit LineCharles Goddard Weld Collection

Accession number11.5458

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ClassificationsArms and armor

Collections

Provenance1890, Charles Goddard Weld Collection; bequest to MFA, Boston, December 7, 1911.

OkawaTeikan

1870

Nara School

mid-late 18th century

Nakagawa Issho

mid-19th century

Yanagawa Naomasa

early to mid-19th century

Jakushi

mid-19th century

Washida Mitsunaka

mid to late 19th century

Nakagami Motohiro

Late 18th–early 19th century

Iwata Kaneyasu

mid-19th century

Gotô School

late 18th to mid-19th century

Hiroki Nobuyuki

mid-19th century

Gotô Ichijo

Late 19th century

Unno Moritoshi

19th century