Tsuba with design of tiger, bamboo and stream

mid to late 19th century

Medium/TechniqueMain material: iron; other metals: gold and shakudo; copper sekigane; decorative technique: takabori and zogan

DimensionsOverall: 8.5 x 7.9 x 0.4 cm (3 3/8 x 3 1/8 x 3/16 in.)

Credit LineChinese and Japanese Special Fund

Accession number13.2071

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ClassificationsArms and armor

Collections

ProvenancePurchased from Chikami Kiyoomi, former governor of Kagoshima, by Okakura Kakuzo

Goto Mitsutsura

mid to late 19th century

Gotô School

early to mid-19th century

Goto Seijo

mid-19th century

Goto Seijo

mid-19th century

Shoami School

mid-late 18th century

Nara School

mid-late 18th century

Seishi

mid-19th century

Yoshioka Hirotoshi

Late 18th–early 19th century (?)

Shoami School

18th century

Kikuzawa Teruchika

Late 18th–early 19th century

Nara Toshinaga

mid-late 18th century

Late 18th–early 19th century (?)