Tsuba with design of horse-bits
Kamata Sadaemon
(Japanese)
Satsuma School
(Japanese)
1745
Medium/TechniqueMain material: iron; other metals: copper sekigane; decorative technique: sue-mon and sukidashi-bori
DimensionsOverall: 7.2 x 7 x 0.4 cm (2 13/16 x 2 3/4 x 3/16 in.)
Credit LineChinese and Japanese Special Fund
Accession number13.2193
On View
Not on viewClassificationsArms and armor
Collections
ProvenancePurchased from Chikami Kiyoomi, former governor of Kagoshima, by Okakura Kakuzo
mid-19th century
mid-19th century
early to mid-19th century
mid-late 18th century
Early 19th century
mid-late 18th century
Late 18th–early 19th century
mid-19th century
mid-19th century
early to mid-18th century
early to mid-18th century
Late 18th–19th century