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
ProvenancePurchased from Chikami Kiyoomi, former governor of Kagoshima, by Okakura Kakuzo
Shôami Arichika
early to mid-18th century
Bushû School
Late 18th–early 19th century
