Tsuba with design of storm dragon
Tomoyoshi
(Japanese)
Mito School
(Japanese, 18th–20th centuries)
mid to late 19th century
Medium/TechniqueMain material: brass; other metals: gold and shakudo; decorative technique: takabori, zogan
DimensionsOverall: 7.9 x 7 x 0.5 cm (3 1/8 x 2 3/4 x 3/16 in.)
Credit LineCharles Goddard Weld Collection
Accession number11.5496
On View
Not on viewClassificationsArms and armor
Collections
Provenance1890, Charles Goddard Weld Collection; bequest to MFA, Boston, December 7, 1911.
mid to late 19th century (before 1890)
mid to late 19th century (before 1890)
Late 18th–early 19th century
Late 18th–early 19th century (?)
late 18th–early 19th century
Early 19th century
Late 19th century
Late 18th century
Late 17th century
mid-19th century
early to mid-19th century
mid-19th century