Tsuba with design of geese, reeds, rocks and stream
Shoami School
(Japanese)
mid-late 18th century
Medium/TechniqueMain material: iron; other metals: gold, silver, shakudo and copper; copper sekigane, shakudo plug; decorative technique: takabori, tokin and zogan
DimensionsOverall: 8.5 x 8.4 x 0.6 cm (3 3/8 x 3 5/16 x 1/4 in.)
Credit LineChinese and Japanese Special Fund
Accession number13.2392
On View
Not on viewClassificationsArms and armor
Collections
ProvenancePurchased from Chikami Kiyoomi, former governor of Kagoshima, by Okakura Kakuzo
18th century
18th century (?)
18th century
18th century (?)
Late 17th–early 18th century
mid-late 18th century
mid-18th century
Late 18th–early 19th century
early to mid-18th century
18th century
Late 18th–early 19th century (?)