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
Nanban School
Late 17th–early 18th century (?)
18th century (?)