Tsuba with design of festooned pine branch
Iwama Masayoshi
(Japanese, 1764–1837)
Hamano School
(Japanese)
Early 19th century
Medium/TechniqueMain material: iron; other metals: gold, silver and shibuichi; copper sekigane, shakudo plugs; decorative technique: takabori and zogan
DimensionsOverall: 8.4 x 8.1 x 0.7 cm (3 5/16 x 3 3/16 x 1/4 in.)
Credit LineChinese and Japanese Special Fund
Accession number13.2278
On View
Not on viewClassificationsArms and armor
Collections
ProvenancePurchased from Chikami Kiyoomi, former governor of Kagoshima, by Okakura Kakuzo
Togakusha Masatoshi
late 18th–early 19th centuries
Late 18th–early 19th century
