Tsuba with design of catfish, shellfish and gulls
Shoami School
(Japanese)
18th century
Medium/TechniqueMain material: iron; other metals: gold and shakudo; copper sekigane, shakudo plug; decorative technique: hammering, takabori and zogan
DimensionsOverall: 8.3 x 7.8 x 0.5 cm (3 1/4 x 3 1/16 x 3/16 in.)
Credit LineChinese and Japanese Special Fund
Accession number13.2377
On View
Not on viewClassificationsArms and armor
Collections
ProvenancePurchased from Chikami Kiyoomi, former governor of Kagoshima, by Okakura Kakuzo
mid-late 18th century
18th century (?)
19th century (?)
late 18th–early 19th century (?)
mid-late 18th century
mid-late 17th century
mid-late 18th century
Late 18th–early 19th century (?)
mid-19th century
Late 18th–early 19th century
mid-19th century (?)
early to mid-18th century