Tsuba with design of eagle in a pine tree watching a sparrow
Kitagawa Motoyoshi
(Japanese, 1846–1922)
Mito School
(Japanese, 18th–20th centuries)
mid to late 19th century (before 1890)
Medium/TechniqueMain material: iron; other metals: gold, copper; gilt plugs; decorative technique: takabori, zogan
DimensionsOverall: 8.1 x 7.4 x 0.6 cm (3 3/16 x 2 15/16 x 1/4 in.)
Credit LineCharles Goddard Weld Collection
Accession number11.5511
On View
Not on viewClassificationsArms and armor
Collections
Provenance1890, Charles Goddard Weld Collection; bequest to MFA, Boston, December 7, 1911.
Kitagawa Sôten
Late 18th–early 19th century
Togakusha Masatoshi
late 18th–early 19th centuries
