Tsuba with design of crow on the sun and hare pounding rice on the moon
Yokoya Sôyo
(Japanese, 1700–1779)
Yokoya School
(Japanese)
early to mid-19th century
Medium/TechniqueMain material: iron; other metals: shakudo, silver and brass; copper sekigane, shakudo plugs; decorative technique: zogan
DimensionsOverall: 7.8 x 7.4 x 0.4 cm (3 1/16 x 2 15/16 x 3/16 in.)
Credit LineChinese and Japanese Special Fund
Accession number13.2591
On View
Not on viewClassificationsArms and armor
Collections
ProvenancePurchased from Chikami Kiyoomi, former governor of Kagoshima, by Okakura Kakuzo
early to mid-18th century
18th century (?)
mid-late 18th century (?)
Early 19th century
mid-late 17th century
18th century
18th century
early to mid-19th century
early to mid-19th century
Late 18th–early 19th century