Tsuba with design of fruiting gourd vine
Kinai
(Japanese)
Echizen Kinai School
(Japanese)
18th century
Medium/TechniqueMain material: iron; other metals: gold; decorative technique: sukidashi-bori, sukashi-bori, engraving and tokin
DimensionsOverall: 7.8 x 7.8 x 0.5 cm (3 1/16 x 3 1/16 x 3/16 in.)
Credit LineChinese and Japanese Special Fund
Accession number13.2085
On View
Not on viewClassificationsArms and armor
Collections
ProvenancePurchased from Chikami Kiyoomi, former governor of Kagoshima, by Okakura Kakuzo
early to mid-17th century
mid-late 17th century
mid-late 17th century
Late 17th–early 18th century (?)
early to mid-19th century
18th century
mid-late 17th century
17th century
18th century
18th century
mid-late 18th century
18th century (?)