Tsuba with design of hollyhock leaf and stem
Kinai
(Japanese)
Echizen Kinai School
(Japanese)
18th century
Medium/TechniqueMain material: iron; other metals: shakudo plug, copper sekigane; decorative technique: sukidashi-bori, sukashi-bori and engraving
DimensionsOverall: 7.5 x 7.5 x 0.5 cm (2 15/16 x 2 15/16 x 3/16 in.)
Credit LineChinese and Japanese Special Fund
Accession number13.2081
On View
Not on viewClassificationsArms and armor
Collections
ProvenancePurchased from Chikami Kiyoomi, former governor of Kagoshima, by Okakura Kakuzo
Late 18th–early 19th century
mid-late 18th century
Late 17th–early 18th century
Late 18th–early 19th century
early to mid-19th century
mid-late 17th century
18th century
Late 18th–early 19th century
early to mid-19th century
mid-late 18th century (?)