Tsuba with design of vine leaves and tendrils
Umetada School
(Japanese)
Late 17th–early 18th century (?)
Medium/TechniqueMain material: iron; other metals: gold and shakudo; shakudo plugs; decorative technique: nunome-zogan and sue-mon
DimensionsOverall: 8.7 x 8.4 x 0.4 cm (3 7/16 x 3 5/16 x 3/16 in.)
Credit LineChinese and Japanese Special Fund
Accession number13.2576
On View
Not on viewClassificationsArms and armor
Collections
ProvenancePurchased from Chikami Kiyoomi, former governor of Kagoshima, by Okakura Kakuzo
mid-late 18th century
mid-19th century
mid-18th century
Late 18th–early 19th century
mid to late 19th century
early to mid-19th century
Late 18th–early 19th century
mid to late 19th century
mid-late 18th century
Late 18th–early 19th century
late 18th to mid-19th century
early to mid-19th century