Tsuba with design of Raijin, Futen, clouds and lightning
Sato Toho
(Japanese, 1824–1859)
Gotô School
(Japanese)
1855
Medium/TechniqueMain material: iron; other metals: gold; gilt plug; decorative technique: takabori, suemon
DimensionsOverall: 7.4 x 6.9 x 0.8 cm (2 15/16 x 2 11/16 x 5/16 in.)
Credit LineCharles Goddard Weld Collection
Accession number11.5516
On View
Not on viewClassificationsArms and armor
Collections
Provenance1890, Charles Goddard Weld Collection; bequest to MFA, Boston, December 7, 1911.
18th century
Sato Toho
mid-19th century
Hamano Noriyuki I
mid to late 19th century (before 1890)
Kitagawa Motoyoshi
mid to late 19th century (before 1890)
Ichinomiya Nagatsune
Late 18th and early 19th century
