Tsuba with design of chrysanthemums and flaming jewels
Shoami Shigekatsu
(Japanese)
Aizu Shoami School
(Japanese)
mid-late 18th century
Medium/TechniqueMain material: iron; other metals: gold and silver; shakudo plugs; decorative technique: nunome-zogan, sue-mon
DimensionsOverall: 8.1 x 7.9 x 0.3 cm (3 3/16 x 3 1/8 x 1/8 in.)
Credit LineChinese and Japanese Special Fund
Accession number13.2376
On View
Not on viewClassificationsArms and armor
Collections
ProvenancePurchased from Chikami Kiyoomi, former governor of Kagoshima, by Okakura Kakuzo
Late 17th–early 18th century (?)
mid-18th century
Late 18th–early 19th century
mid to late 19th century
early to mid-19th century
mid-19th century
Late 18th–early 19th century
Late 18th–early 19th century
mid to late 19th century
mid-late 18th century
early to mid-19th century
early to mid-19th century