Tsuba with design of autumn leaves
Iwata Kaneyasu
(Japanese, about 1850)
Tanaka School
(Japanese)
mid-19th century
Medium/TechniqueMain material: iron; other metals: gold, shakudo and shibuichi; shakudo plugs; decorative technique: iroe takazogan
DimensionsOverall: 8.7 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 number13.2511
On View
Not on viewClassificationsArms and armor
Collections
ProvenancePurchased from Chikami Kiyoomi, former governor of Kagoshima, by Okakura Kakuzo
mid-late 18th century
mid-19th century
early to mid-19th century
mid to late 19th century
late 18th to mid-19th century
early to mid-19th century
Late 18th century
Late 19th century
mid to late 19th century
mid-19th century
Late 19th century
Late 18th–early 19th century