Tsuba with cross design
Ito Masakatsu
(Japanese, about 1700)
Ito School
(Japanese)
18th century
Medium/TechniqueMain material: iron; other metals: gold; shakudo plug; decorative technique: ito-sukashi and zogan
DimensionsOverall: 8 x 7.9 x 0.4 cm (3 1/8 x 3 1/8 x 3/16 in.)
Credit LineChinese and Japanese Special Fund
Accession number13.2322
On View
Not on viewClassificationsArms and armor
Collections
ProvenancePurchased from Chikami Kiyoomi, former governor of Kagoshima, by Okakura Kakuzo
Matsumura Kunihiro
Late 18th–early 19th century
Katchushi School
mid-late 17th century
