Tsuba with design of demon confronting a ghostly apparition
Onuki Masaharu
(Japanese)
Mito School
(Japanese, 18th–20th centuries)
mid to late 19th century
Medium/TechniqueMain material: iron; other metals: gold, shakudo and copper; silvered metal sekigane; decorative technique: takabori, zogan
DimensionsOverall: 9.8 x 8.2 x 0.6 cm (3 7/8 x 3 1/4 x 1/4 in.)
Credit LineCharles Goddard Weld Collection
Accession number11.5493
On View
Not on viewClassificationsArms and armor
Collections
Kikuzawa Teruchika
Late 18th–early 19th century