Tsuba with "hundred monkeys" design
Yagami Mitsuhiro
(Japanese)
Yagami School
(Japanese)
Late 18th–early 19th century
Medium/TechniqueMain material: iron; other metals: gilding to one hitsu; decorative technique: chiseled sukashibori
DimensionsOverall: 8.1 x 8 x 0.5 cm (3 3/16 x 3 1/8 x 3/16 in.)
Credit LineChinese and Japanese Special Fund
Accession number13.1769
On View
Not on viewClassificationsArms and armor
Collections
ProvenancePurchased from Chikami Kiyoomi, former governor of Kagoshima, by Okakura Kakuzo
early to mid-19th century
Late 17th–early 18th century (?)
Late 17th century
Late 17th–early 18th century
18th century
Late 18th–early 19th century
early to mid-19th century
18th century (?)
Late 18th–early 19th century
Early 19th century
Late 18th–early 19th century