Tsuba with design of autumn leaves

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

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ClassificationsArms and armor

Collections

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

Nara School

mid-late 18th century

Nakagawa Issho

mid-19th century

Yanagawa Naomasa

early to mid-19th century

Washida Mitsunaka

mid to late 19th century

Gotô School

late 18th to mid-19th century

Shoami School

early to mid-19th century

Ômori Teruhide

Late 18th century

Gotô Ichijo

Late 19th century

Kudo Nobutoshi

mid to late 19th century

Nakajima Toshiharu

mid-19th century

Late 18th–early 19th century

Nakagami Motohiro

Late 18th–early 19th century