Tsuba with design of dragon and clouds

early to mid-19th century

Medium/TechniqueMain material: brass; other metals: enamels and gold; decorative technique: shippo

DimensionsOverall: 5.7 x 4.9 x 0.5 cm (2 1/4 x 1 15/16 x 3/16 in.)

Credit LineCharles Goddard Weld Collection

Accession number11.5469

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ClassificationsArms and armor

Collections

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

Hirata School

mid-19th century

Shippo School

18th century (?)

mid to late 19th century

early to mid-19th century

Hirata School

Late 18th–early 19th century

mid to late 19th century

17th and 19th century

Hirata School

mid-late 17th century

Hirata Naomitsu

Early 19th century

Hirata Narishige

early to mid-19th century

Hirata School

mid-19th century

mid-19th century