Tsuba with design of ho-o and paulownia
Inoue Toyotaka
(Japanese, about 1850)
Chôshû School
(Japanese)
mid-19th century
Medium/TechniqueMain material: iron; surface treatment: ishime-ji; decorative technique: takabori
DimensionsOverall: 7.3 x 6.5 x 0.4 cm (2 7/8 x 2 9/16 x 3/16 in.)
Credit LineHenry Adams Collection—Gift of the heirs of Henry Adams
Accession number19.292
On View
Not on viewClassificationsArms and armor
Collections
ProvenanceLent by Henry Adams, April 2, 1909.
Issando Joi
early to mid-19th century
Issando Joi
early to mid-19th century
mid to late 19th century (before 1889)
early to mid-19th century