Tsuba with design of festooned pine branch
Shoami School
(Japanese)
mid-late 18th century
Medium/TechniqueMain material: iron; other metals: gold and silver; copper sekigane, shakudo plug; decorative technique: takabori and zogan
DimensionsOverall: 8.8 x 8.4 x 0.5 cm (3 7/16 x 3 5/16 x 3/16 in.)
Credit LineChinese and Japanese Special Fund
Accession number13.2382
On View
Not on viewClassificationsArms and armor
Collections
ProvenancePurchased from Chikami Kiyoomi, former governor of Kagoshima, by Okakura Kakuzo
mid-late 18th century
mid-late 18th century
Late 18th–early 19th century
early to mid-18th century
Late 18th–early 19th century
Early 19th century
Late 18th–early 19th century (?)
mid-19th century (?)
mid to late 18th century
mid-19th century
mid-19th century (?)