Tsuba with design of dragon, tiger, plum and bamboo
Shoami School
(Japanese)
Early 19th century
Medium/TechniqueMain material: iron; other metals: gold; copper sekigane; shakudo plugs; decorative technique: takabori, zogan
DimensionsOverall: 8 x 7.8 x 0.8 cm (3 1/8 x 3 1/16 x 5/16 in.)
Credit LineChinese and Japanese Special Fund
Accession number13.2285
On View
Not on viewClassificationsArms and armor
Collections
ProvenancePurchased from Chikami Kiyoomi, former governor of Kagoshima, by Okakura Kakuzo
early to mid-18th century
Late 18th–early 19th century
early to mid-19th century
Early 19th century
mid-late 18th century
18th century
18th century
Late 17th century
Early 19th century
late 18th–early 19th centuries
18th century