Tsuba in the form of a carriage-wheel
Hôan
(Japanese)
Hoan School
(Japanese)
early to mid-17th century
Medium/TechniqueMain material: iron; surface treatment: tsuchime-ji; other metals: copper sekigane; decorative technique: sukashi-bori and sukidashi-bori
DimensionsOverall: 7.8 x 6.8 x 0.4 cm (3 1/16 x 2 11/16 x 3/16 in.)
Credit LineChinese and Japanese Special Fund
Accession number13.1952
On View
Not on viewClassificationsArms and armor
Collections
ProvenancePurchased from Chikami Kiyoomi, former governor of Kagoshima, by Okakura Kakuzo
Kamakura School
Late 16th–early 17th century
Kaneie School
Late 18th–early 19th century
