Kanamono in the form of a tiger and bamboo, with backplate engraved with clouds

mid to late 19th century (before 1890)

Medium/TechniqueMain material: silver; other metals: shakudo and gold; decorative technique: uchidashi, takabori, zogan, katakiri-bori

DimensionsOverall: 5.2 x 0.7 cm (2 1/16 x 1/4 in.)

Credit LineCharles Goddard Weld Collection

Accession number11.5697

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ClassificationsArms and armor

Collections

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

Murasakibara Toshiyoshi

mid to late 19th century (before 1890)

Kikugawa

mid to late 19th century (before 1889)

Shunshi

early to mid-19th century

Nagahama Yoshinobu

Early 19th century

late 18th to mid-19th century

Hamano Noriyuki II

early to mid-19th century

mid to late 19th century (before 1889)

early to mid-19th century

mid to late 19th century (before 1889)

Hamano Noriyuki II

Early 19th century

Nara School

early to mid-19th century

Kikugawa School

mid to late 19th century (before 1889)