Skip to main content
Tsuba with design of monkey on a branch
Tsuba with design of monkey on a branch

Tsuba with design of monkey on a branch

Kanô Natsuo (Japanese, 1828 – 1898)
mid to late 19th century (before 1890)
Medium/TechniqueMain material: iron; other metals: gold, shakudo, shibuichi and copper; decorative technique: takabori, zogan
DimensionsOverall: 8.4 x 7.7 x 0.9 cm (3 5/16 x 3 1/16 x 3/8 in.)
Credit LineCharles Goddard Weld Collection
Accession number11.5468
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsArms and armor
Collections
Provenance1890, Charles Goddard Weld Collection; bequest to MFA, Boston, December 7, 1911.
Tsuba with design of carp and stream
Kanô Natsuo
mid to late 19th century (before 1890)
Tsuba with design of reishi fungus and irises
Kanô Natsuo
mid to late 19th century (before 1889)
Tsuba with design of a crayfish
Kanô Natsuo
mid to late 19th century
Tsuba with design of deer and moon
Kanô Natsuo
mid to late 19th century
Tsuba with design of Chinese dignitary and two child attendants
Kanô Natsuo
mid to late 19th century (before 1890)
Tsuba with design of Jurojin holding a scroll
Hamano Shôzui
mid to late 19th century (before 1890)
Tsuba with landscape design
Shoami School
Late 18th–early 19th century