Tsuba with design of Gama sennin and toad

Shobayashi Takeaki (Japanese)

mid to late 19th century (before 1890)

Medium/TechniqueMain material: brass; other metals: gold, silver and shakudo; decorative technique: takabori, zogan

DimensionsOverall: 9.3 x 8.3 x 0.5 cm (3 11/16 x 3 1/4 x 3/16 in.)

Credit LineCharles Goddard Weld Collection

Accession number11.5519

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ClassificationsArms and armor

Collections

Provenance1890, Charles Goddard Weld Collection; bequest to MFA, Boston, December 7, 1911.

Shobayashi Takeaki

mid-19th century

Kikuzawa Teruchika

Late 18th–early 19th century

Late 18th–early 19th century (?)

Hamano Hiroyuki

late 18th–early 19th century

Honjô Yoshitane

Early 19th century

Ichinomiya Nagatsune

Late 19th century

Unno Katsumori

mid to late 19th century (before 1890)

Tomoyoshi

mid to late 19th century

Washida Mitsutoki

Late 18th century

Nara School

mid-late 18th century

Nara School

early to mid-19th century

Kitagawa Sôten

mid-18th century