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Tsuba with "hundred monkeys" design

(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 view
ClassificationsArms and armor
Collections
ProvenancePurchased from Chikami Kiyoomi, former governor of Kagoshima, by Okakura Kakuzo
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