Tsuba with design of dragon, hawk, tiger, snake and turtle
Tetsugendo Naoshige
(Japanese, died in 1780)
Tetsugendo School
(Japanese)
Early 19th century
Medium/TechniqueMain material: iron; other metals: gold; decorative technique: sukashi-bori, takabori, gilding
DimensionsOverall: 6.6 x 6.4 x 0.5 cm (2 5/8 x 2 1/2 x 3/16 in.)
Credit LineHenry Adams Collection—Gift of the heirs of Henry Adams
Accession number19.277
On View
Not on viewClassificationsArms and armor
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Tetsugendo Naoshige
Late 18th–early 19th century
Tetsugendo Naoshige
Late 18th–early 19th century (?)
Tetsugendo Naoshige
Late 18th–early 19th century (?)