Tsuba with design of fruiting gourd vine
Kinai
(Japanese)
Echizen Kinai School
(Japanese)
18th century
Medium/TechniqueMain material: iron; decorative technique: sukidashi-bori and sukidashi-bori
DimensionsOverall: 8.3 x 8.3 x 0.4 cm (3 1/4 x 3 1/4 x 3/16 in.)
Credit LineChinese and Japanese Special Fund
Accession number13.2074
On View
Not on viewClassificationsArms and armor
Collections
ProvenancePurchased from Chikami Kiyoomi, former governor of Kagoshima, by Okakura Kakuzo
Late 18th–19th century
18th century
Late 18th–early 19th century
Late 18th–early 19th century
Late 18th–early 19th century
early to mid-19th century
early to mid-19th century
early to mid-19th century
Late 18th–early 19th century
early to mid-19th century
early to mid-19th century