Tsuba with design of omikuji

Tomohito (Japanese)

Nobuie School (Japanese)

1849

Medium/TechniqueMain material: iron; other metals: lead plugs; decorative technique: hammering, and sukidashi-bori

DimensionsOverall: 8.9 x 8.6 x 0.5 cm (3 1/2 x 3 3/8 x 3/16 in.)

Credit LineChinese and Japanese Special Fund

Accession number13.2477

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ClassificationsArms and armor

Collections

Asia

InscriptionsKaei ninen; The second year of Kaei (=1849) 友人名倉氏　嘉永二年

ProvenancePurchased from Chikami Kiyoomi, former governor of Kagoshima, by Okakura Kakuzo

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