Tsuba with design of crows at dusk
Tsuji Mitsumasa
(Japanese, 1721–1777)
Tsuji School
(Japanese)
mid-18th century
Medium/TechniqueMain material: shibuichi; surface treatment: migaki-ji; other metals: shakudo and silver; copper sekigane; decorative technique: katakiri-bori and hirazogan
DimensionsOverall: 6.9 x 6.7 x 0.4 cm (2 11/16 x 2 5/8 x 3/16 in.)
Credit LineHenry Adams Collection—Gift of the heirs of Henry Adams
Accession number19.279
On View
Not on viewClassificationsArms and armor
Collections
ProvenanceLent by Henry Adams, April 2, 1909.
Ichijô School
mid-19th century
early to mid-19th century
