Tsuba with unidentified pierced designs

19th century (?)

Medium/TechniqueMain material: iron; other metals: shakudo plugs, copper sekigane; decorative technique: sukashi-bori and hammering

DimensionsOverall: 8.4 x 7.7 x 0.3 cm (3 5/16 x 3 1/16 x 1/8 in.)

Credit LineChinese and Japanese Special Fund

Accession number13.2718

On View

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ClassificationsArms and armor

Collections

ProvenancePurchased from Chikami Kiyoomi, former governor of Kagoshima, by Okakura Kakuzo

Myochin School

18th century (?)

Umetada Narimasa

mid-late 18th century (?)

Umetada Munetake

Late 17th–early 18th century

Umetada Shigeyoshi

mid-late 17th century

Umetada Yoshinobu

Late 18th–early 19th century

Umetada Chikashige

early to mid-18th century

Umetada

mid-late 17th century

Katchushi School

mid-late 17th century

Umetada Shigenari

mid-late 17th century

Tosho School

Late 17th–early 18th century

Awa Shoami School

18th century

Kogitsune

18th century