Tsuba with design of horse-bits

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

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ClassificationsArms and armor

Collections

ProvenancePurchased from Chikami Kiyoomi, former governor of Kagoshima, by Okakura Kakuzo

Izumi Hidetoshi

mid-19th century

Izumi Hidetoshi

mid-19th century

early to mid-19th century

mid-late 18th century

Hirata Naomitsu

Early 19th century

Aizu Shoami School

mid-late 18th century

Shoami School

Late 18th–early 19th century

Tanaka Toshinori

mid-19th century

Ryuseishi Toshifusa

mid-19th century

Umetada

early to mid-18th century

Umetada Shigeyoshi

early to mid-18th century

Late 18th–19th century