Tsuba with design of bamboo
Higo School
(Japanese)
18th century
Medium/TechniqueMain material: iron; other metals: gold; decorative technique: sukidashi-bori, sukidashi-bori and hirazogan
DimensionsOverall: 7.9 x 7.6 x 0.5 cm (3 1/8 x 3 x 3/16 in.)
Credit LineChinese and Japanese Special Fund
Accession number13.2076
On View
Not on viewClassificationsArms and armor
Collections
ProvenancePurchased from Chikami Kiyoomi, former governor of Kagoshima, by Okakura Kakuzo
Higo School, Kamiyoshi Sub-school
Late 18th–early 19th century
Higo School, Nishigaki Sub-school
Late 17th–early 18th century
Higo School, Nishigaki Sub-school
mid-late 18th century
Kumagai Yoshitsugu
mid-19th century
Bushû School
Late 18th–early 19th century