Tsuba with design of shell, waves and stylized blossoms
Umetada Shigeyoshi
(Japanese, about 1700)
Umetada School
(Japanese)
mid-late 17th century
Medium/TechniqueMain material: iron; other metals: gold and silver; copper sekigane, shakudo plugs; decorative technique: sukashi-bori, etching (?), zogan
DimensionsOverall: 7.4 x 6.5 x 0.3 cm (2 15/16 x 2 9/16 x 1/8 in.)
Credit LineChinese and Japanese Special Fund
Accession number13.2563
On View
Not on viewClassificationsArms and armor
Collections
ProvenancePurchased from Chikami Kiyoomi, former governor of Kagoshima, by Okakura Kakuzo
mid-late 18th century (?)
early to mid-18th century
Late 18th–early 19th century
18th century
18th century
18th century (?)
18th century
early to mid-19th century
mid-late 17th century