Tsuba with design of a specter rising from a gourd and terrifying a samisen-playing demon
Nitta Yukimitsu
(Japanese)
Mito School
(Japanese, 18th–20th centuries)
mid to late 19th century (before 1890)
Medium/TechniqueMain material: brass; 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 number11.5497
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
mid to late 19th century
Late 19th century
mid to late 19th century (before 1890)
mid to late 19th century (before 1890)
mid to late 19th century
Late 19th century
mid to late 19th century
mid-19th century