Tsuba with design of crab and grasses
Akasaka Tadashige
(Japanese)
Akasaka School
(Japanese)
mid-late 18th century
Medium/TechniqueMain material: iron; other metals: shakudo; decorative technique: sukidashi-bori
DimensionsOverall: 8.2 x 7.6 x 0.4 cm (3 1/4 x 3 x 3/16 in.)
Credit LineChinese and Japanese Special Fund
Accession number13.1719
On View
Not on viewClassificationsArms and armor
Collections
ProvenancePurchased from Chikami Kiyoomi, former governor of Kagoshima, by Okakura Kakuzo
Bushû School
Late 18th–early 19th century
