Tsuba formed as a piece of bark

Tsuchiya Yasuchika (Japanese, 1670–1744)

Nara School (Japanese)

late 18th to mid-19th century

Medium/TechniqueMain material: iron; other metals: gold; shakudo shims; decorative technique: takabori, zogan

DimensionsOverall: 4.9 x 4.2 x 0.4 cm (1 15/16 x 1 5/8 x 3/16 in.)

Credit LineChinese and Japanese Special Fund

Accession number13.2282

On View

Not on view

ClassificationsArms and armor

Collections

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

Hamano Masanobu

early to mid-19th century

Shoami School

Late 18th–early 19th century

Kinai

early to mid-19th century

mid-18th century

Sunagawa Masatsuna

early to mid-19th century

Nanban School

18th century

Masaharu

mid-19th century

Shoami School

18th century (?)

Tsuchiya Yasuchika

late 18th to mid-19th century

Nomura Katsumori

Jakushi

mid-19th century

Kaneie

18th century (?)