Tsuba with design of Jurojin holding a scroll
Hamano Shôzui
(Japanese, 1696–1769)
Hamano School
(Japanese)
mid to late 19th century (before 1890)
Medium/TechniqueMain material: iron; other metals: gold, shakudo, shibuichi and copper; shibuichi plugs; decorative technique: takabori, zogan
DimensionsOverall: 8 x 7.7 x 0.6 cm (3 1/8 x 3 1/16 x 1/4 in.)
Credit LineCharles Goddard Weld Collection
Accession number11.5474
On View
Not on viewClassificationsArms and armor
Collections
Provenance1890, Charles Goddard Weld Collection; bequest to MFA, Boston, December 7, 1911.
Late 18th–early 19th century
Early 19th century
mid to late 19th century
18th century
late 18th–early 19th centuries
mid-19th century
mid-19th century
early to mid-19th century
Late 18th–early 19th century (?)
mid-18th century
mid-19th century
early to mid-18th century