Tsuba with design of intersecting squares with stylized snowflakes, plum-blossoms and other motifs
Kyô Shôami School
(Japanese)
Late 17th–early 18th century
Medium/TechniqueMain material: iron; other metals: gold, silver and copper; gilt and silvered plugs; decorative technique: sukashi-bori, zogan
DimensionsOverall: 8.3 x 8 x 0.5 cm (3 1/4 x 3 1/8 x 3/16 in.)
Credit LineChinese and Japanese Special Fund
Accession number13.2586
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
Late 18th–early 19th century (?)
Late 18th–early 19th century
early to mid-19th century
early to mid-18th century
Late 18th–early 19th century
Early 19th century
early to mid-19th century
early to mid-19th century
mid-late 17th century