Tsuba with design of gourd vine and waterwheel
Nobuie
(Japanese)
Nobuie School
(Japanese)
mid-late 17th century
Medium/TechniqueMain material: iron; other metals: copper sekigane; decorative technique: forging and sukidashi-bori
DimensionsOverall: 10.9 x 10.4 x 0.6 cm (4 5/16 x 4 1/8 x 1/4 in.)
Credit LineChinese and Japanese Special Fund
Accession number13.2165
On View
Not on viewClassificationsArms and armor
Collections
ProvenancePurchased from Chikami Kiyoomi, former governor of Kagoshima, by Okakura Kakuzo
Late 18th–early 19th century
Late 17th century
17th century
18th century
Late 17th–18th century
Late 18th–early 19th century
mid-19th century
early to mid-19th century
Late 18th–early 19th century
early to mid-19th century
Late 17th–early 18th century