Tsuba with design of toys
Myochin School
(Japanese)
Late 17th century
Medium/TechniqueMain material: iron; other metals: gold, silver and shakudo; decorative technique: forging, takabori and tokin
DimensionsOverall: 8.5 x 8.4 x 0.6 cm (3 3/8 x 3 5/16 x 1/4 in.)
Credit LineChinese and Japanese Special Fund
Accession number13.2175
On View
Not on viewClassificationsArms and armor
Collections
ProvenancePurchased from Chikami Kiyoomi, former governor of Kagoshima, by Okakura Kakuzo
Myochin School
Late 18th–early 19th century (?)
mid-18th century
Shoami School
early to mid-18th century