Tsuba with design of shishi by a mountain freshet
Kawaji Nobuchika
(Japanese)
Chôshû School
(Japanese)
Early 19th century
Medium/TechniqueMain material: iron; decorative technique: takabori
DimensionsOverall: 7.5 x 6.9 x 0.5 cm (2 15/16 x 2 11/16 x 3/16 in.)
Credit LineChinese and Japanese Special Fund
Accession number13.1828
On View
Not on viewClassificationsArms and armor
Collections
ProvenancePurchased from Chikami Kiyoomi, former governor of Kagoshima, by Okakura Kakuzo
Kawaji Hisatsugu
Late 18th–early 19th century
