Tsuba with design of Jurojin with scroll and reishi fungus
Saito Mototomo
(Japanese)
Mito School
(Japanese, 18th–20th centuries)
mid-19th century
Medium/TechniqueMain material: iron; other metals: gold and shibuichi; shibuichi plugs and sekigane; decorative technique: takabori, zogan
DimensionsOverall: 8.2 x 8 x 0.9 cm (3 1/4 x 3 1/8 x 3/8 in.)
Credit LineChinese and Japanese Special Fund
Accession number13.2148
On View
Not on viewClassificationsArms and armor
Collections
ProvenancePurchased from Chikami Kiyoomi, former governor of Kagoshima, by Okakura Kakuzo
18th century
late 18th–early 19th centuries
Early 19th century
mid to late 19th century (before 1890)
Late 18th–early 19th century
Late 18th–early 19th century (?)
early to mid-19th century
Late 17th century
Early 19th century
Late 18th–early 19th century
early to mid-19th century
mid-late 18th century