Tsuba with design of butterflies and takaramono

Umetada Muneyoshi (Japanese)

Umetada School (Japanese)

Late 17th century

Medium/TechniqueMain material: iron; other metals: gold; decorative technique: sukidashi-bori and zogan

DimensionsOverall: 8.4 x 7.7 x 0.4 cm (3 5/16 x 3 1/16 x 3/16 in.)

Credit LineChinese and Japanese Special Fund

Accession number13.2553

On View

Not on view

ClassificationsArms and armor

Collections

Asia

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

Discover More

Tsuba with design of stylized snowflakes and plum branches

Umetada School

early to mid-19th century

Tsuba with design of pine tree

Umetada Nobumasa

Early 18th century

Tsuba with design of overlapping squares and fan-shapes

Umetada Shigenari

Late 17th–early 18th century (?)

Tsuba with design of pheasant, bridge and clouds

Umetada Yoshinobu

Late 18th–early 19th century

Tsuba with design of sparrow and torii on lattice background

Umetada

Late 18th–early 19th century (?)

Tsuba with design of peony and butterfly

Umetada

mid-late 17th century

Tsuba with design of straw mat and flames

Umetada School

Late 17th–early 18th century

Tsuba with design of rustic dwelling, trees and mountains

Umetada Chikashige

early to mid-18th century

Tsuba with design of gourds, leaves and tendrils

Umetada Kahei

Late 17th–early 18th century (?)

Tsuba in the form of a stylized crane

Myôchin Muneyoshi

mid-19th century

Tsuba with design of shogi pieces

Umetada Shigenari

mid-late 17th century

Tsuba with design of shogi pieces

Umetada Shigenari

mid-late 17th century