Tsuba with tomoe designs
Higo School, Kamiyoshi Sub-school
(Japanese)
mid-late 17th century
Medium/TechniqueMain material: iron; other metals: gold; copper shim; decorative technique: sukashi-bori and zogan
DimensionsOverall: 7.7 x 7.9 x 0.5 cm (3 1/16 x 3 1/8 x 3/16 in.)
Credit LineChinese and Japanese Special Fund
Accession number13.2530
On View
Not on viewClassificationsArms and armor
Collections
ProvenancePurchased from Chikami Kiyoomi, former governor of Kagoshima, by Okakura Kakuzo
Late 18th–early 19th century (?)
Late 17th–early 18th century
Late 17th–early 18th century
Early 19th century
mid-19th century
mid-late 18th century (?)
early to mid-19th century
18th century (?)
Late 18th–early 19th century
Early 19th century
early to mid-18th century