Tsuba formed as a masu (measuring box) within an oval ring, with inlaid decoration
Kumagai Yoshitsugu
(Japanese, 1795–1865)
Higo School
(Japanese)
mid-19th century
Medium/TechniqueMain material: iron; other metals: silver and shakudo; decorative technique: sukashi-bori, sukidashi-bori and hirazogan
DimensionsOverall: 7.8 x 7.4 x 0.5 cm (3 1/16 x 2 15/16 x 3/16 in.)
Credit LineChinese and Japanese Special Fund
Accession number13.1948
On View
Not on viewClassificationsArms and armor
Collections
Shôami Arichika
early to mid-18th century
Bushû School
Late 18th–early 19th century
