Tsuba with design of umbrella
Shoami School
(Japanese)
mid-late 18th century
Medium/TechniqueMain material: iron; other metals: gold and silver; copper sekigane; decorative technique: sukashi-bori, sukidashi-bori, nunome-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 number13.2370
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
Nanban School
18th century
