Tsuba with design of bamboo leaves
Shôami Yoshikazu
(Japanese)
Awa Shoami School
(Japanese)
mid-late 17th century
Medium/TechniqueMain material: iron; other metals: gold; decorative technique: sukashi-bori, sukidashi-bori and zogan
DimensionsOverall: 7.8 x 7.8 x 0.5 cm (3 1/16 x 3 1/16 x 3/16 in.)
Credit LineChinese and Japanese Special Fund
Accession number13.2362
On View
Not on viewClassificationsArms and armor
Collections
ProvenancePurchased from Chikami Kiyoomi, former governor of Kagoshima, by Okakura Kakuzo
Shoami Mitsushige
Late 18th–early 19th century