Tsuba with design of birds and willow
Shôami
(Japanese)
Shoami School
(Japanese)
18th century
Medium/TechniqueMain material: iron; other metals: gold and shakudo; copper sekigane; decorative technique: takabori and zogan
DimensionsOverall: 8.7 x 8.7 x 0.4 cm (3 7/16 x 3 7/16 x 3/16 in.)
Credit LineChinese and Japanese Special Fund
Accession number13.2384
On View
Not on viewClassificationsArms and armor
Collections
ProvenancePurchased from Chikami Kiyoomi, former governor of Kagoshima, by Okakura Kakuzo
Shoami School
Late 18th–early 19th century
