Tsuba with design of Buddhist monk haunted by a ghost
Koizumi Katsuchika
(Japanese, 1843–1916)
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; decorative technique: iroe takazogan
DimensionsOverall: 8.5 x 7.8 x 1 cm (3 3/8 x 3 1/16 x 3/8 in.)
Credit LineCharles Goddard Weld Collection
Accession number11.5490
On View
Not on viewClassificationsArms and armor
Collections
Koizumi Katsuchika
mid to late 19th century (before 1890)
Unno Moritoshi
mid to late 19th century (before 1889)
Unno Moritoshi
mid to late 19th century (before 1889)
early to mid-19th century
Hamano Noriyuki II
Late 18th–early 19th century
Tsuba with design of Chinese scholar playing the qin, with an attendant and three supplicant figures
Hamano Naoyuki
Late 18th–early 19th century
Kikugawa Hisahide
Late 18th–early 19th century
Mito School
mid-19th century
