Tsuba with design of bamboo and plum
Echizen Kinai School
(Japanese)
Late 18th–early 19th century
Medium/TechniqueMain material: iron; other metals: gold; copper sekigane; decorative technique: sukidashi-bori, sukidashi-bori and hirazogan
DimensionsOverall: 8 x 7.8 x 0.5 cm (3 1/8 x 3 1/16 x 3/16 in.)
Credit LineChinese and Japanese Special Fund
Accession number13.2096
On View
Not on viewClassificationsArms and armor
Collections
ProvenancePurchased from Chikami Kiyoomi, former governor of Kagoshima, by Okakura Kakuzo
Late 18th–early 19th century
18th century
early to mid-19th century
mid-19th century
Late 18th–early 19th century
early to mid-19th century
Late 17th century
Late 18th century
Late 18th–early 19th century