Tsuba with design of onigawara and other roof-tiles
Umetada Shigeyoshi
(Japanese, about 1700)
Umetada School, Harima Sub-school
(Japanese)
mid-18th century
Medium/TechniqueMain material: iron; other metals: gold and silver; shakudo plugs; decorative technique: takabori, engraving and zogan
DimensionsOverall: 8.2 x 8.2 x 0.5 cm (3 1/4 x 3 1/4 x 3/16 in.)
Credit LineChinese and Japanese Special Fund
Accession number13.2562
On View
Not on viewClassificationsArms and armor
Collections
ProvenancePurchased from Chikami Kiyoomi, former governor of Kagoshima, by Okakura Kakuzo
early to mid-19th century
mid-18th century
early to mid-19th century
mid-late 18th century
early to mid-19th century
Late 18th–early 19th century
Late 18th–early 19th century
Early 19th century
early to mid-18th century
Late 18th–early 19th century
early to mid-19th century
mid-19th century (?)