Tsuba with design of plum blossom and bamboo leaves
Kawaji
(Japanese)
Chôshû School
(Japanese)
18th century
Medium/TechniqueMain material: iron; other metals: copper sekigane; decorative technique: sukidashi-bori and sukashibori
DimensionsOverall: 7.7 x 7.6 x 0.5 cm (3 1/16 x 3 x 3/16 in.)
Credit LineChinese and Japanese Special Fund
Accession number13.1807
On View
Not on viewClassificationsArms and armor
Collections
ProvenancePurchased from Chikami Kiyoomi, former governor of Kagoshima, by Okakura Kakuzo
18th century (?)
mid-19th century
Late 18th–early 19th century
Late 18th–early 19th century
Late 18th–early 19th century
Early 19th century
mid-late 17th century
Late 17th–early 18th century
mid to late 19th century
mid-19th century
early to mid-19th century
Late 18th–early 19th century