Tsuba with design of fisherman and farmer
Awa Shoami School
(Japanese)
mid-18th century
Medium/TechniqueMain material: iron; other metals: gold and shakudo, copper sekigane; decorative technique: nunome-zogan and sukashi-bori
DimensionsOverall: 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.4 cm (3 1/8 x 3 1/8 x 3/16 in.)
Credit LineChinese and Japanese Special Fund
Accession number13.1742
On View
Not on viewClassificationsArms and armor
Collections
ProvenancePurchased from Chikami Kiyoomi, former governor of Kagoshima, by Okakura Kakuzo
Late 18th–early 19th century
18th century
18th century
mid-19th century
18th century (?)
18th century
Late 18th–early 19th century
early to mid-19th century
Late 18th century