Tsuba with design of shishi on a rock
Kawaji Nobuchika
(Japanese)
Chôshû School
(Japanese)
Early 19th century
Medium/TechniqueMain material: iron; decorative technique: takabori
DimensionsOverall: 7.6 x 7.3 x 0.4 cm (3 x 2 7/8 x 3/16 in.)
Credit LineHenry Adams Collection—Gift of the heirs of Henry Adams
Accession number19.278
On View
Not on viewClassificationsArms and armor
Collections
ProvenanceLent by Henry Adams, April 2, 1909.
Kawaji Hisatsugu
Late 18th–early 19th century