Tsuba with design of flowering plum
Higo School, Nishigaki Sub-school
(Japanese)
Late 18th century
Medium/TechniqueMain material: iron; other metals: copper sekigane; shakudo pieces in ryohitsu; decorative technique: sukashi-bori and sukidashi-bori
DimensionsOverall: 8.3 x 7.7 x 0.5 cm (3 1/4 x 3 1/16 x 3/16 in.)
Credit LineChinese and Japanese Special Fund
Accession number13.1940
On View
Not on viewClassificationsArms and armor
Collections
ProvenancePurchased from Chikami Kiyoomi, former governor of Kagoshima, by Okakura Kakuzo
mid-late 18th century
18th century
Late 18th–early 19th century
mid-late 18th century
18th century
Late 17th–early 18th century
Late 18th–early 19th century
early to mid-19th century
mid-late 18th century
mid-19th century