Tsuba with design of plum blossom by a window
Awa Shoami School
(Japanese)
mid-late 18th century
Medium/TechniqueMain material: iron; other metals: gold, copper sekigane; decorative technique: nunome-zogan and sukashi-bori
DimensionsOverall: 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.5 cm (3 1/8 x 3 1/8 x 3/16 in.)
Credit LineChinese and Japanese Special Fund
Accession number13.1743
On View
Not on viewClassificationsArms and armor
Collections
ProvenancePurchased from Chikami Kiyoomi, former governor of Kagoshima, by Okakura Kakuzo
Awa Shoami School
Late 18th–early 19th century (?)