Tsuba with design of basketwork pattern and stylized vine tendrils
Shoami School
(Japanese)
Late 17th–early 18th century (?)
Medium/TechniqueMain material: iron; other metals: gold; shakudo plugs, copper sekigane; decorative technique: sukidashi-bori and zogan
DimensionsOverall: 8.3 x 8.3 x 0.4 cm (3 1/4 x 3 1/4 x 3/16 in.)
Credit LineChinese and Japanese Special Fund
Accession number13.2539
On View
Not on viewClassificationsArms and armor
Collections
ProvenancePurchased from Chikami Kiyoomi, former governor of Kagoshima, by Okakura Kakuzo
Umetada Chikashige
early to mid-18th century
