Skip to main content

Tsuba with filled pierced design

(Japanese)
Late 16th–early 17th century
Medium/TechniqueMain material: iron; other metals: copper, gold and silver; copper sekigane; decorative technique: sukashi-bori and nunome-zogan
DimensionsOverall: 7.9 x 7.6 x 0.2 cm (3 1/8 x 3 x 1/16 in.)
Credit LineChinese and Japanese Special Fund
Accession number13.2555
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsArms and armor
Collections
ProvenancePurchased from Chikami Kiyoomi, former governor of Kagoshima, by Okakura Kakuzo
Tsuba with design of hammers
Tosho School
18th century
Tsuba with design of chrysanthemums
Shoami School
Late 16th–mid-17th century
Tsuba with design of umbrella
Shoami School
mid-late 18th century
Tsuba with design of rudder and waves
Yamakichibei School
18th century
Tsuba with design of water-buffalo under a willow tree
Nara School
early to mid-19th century
Tsuba with design of chrysanthemums
Shoami School
early to mid-18th century
Tsuba with design of chrysanthemums
Shoami School
early to mid-18th century
Tsuba with design of chrysanthemums
Shoami School
early to mid-18th century