Kozuka with design of Chinese woman having her portrait painted

Bunzan (Japanese)

mid to late 19th century

Medium/TechniqueMain material: shakudo (?); surface treatment: ishime-ji; other metals: shibuichi back; gold and silver; decorative technique: shishiai-bori and katakiri-bori

DimensionsOverall: 9.7 x 1.4 x 0.5 cm (3 13/16 x 9/16 x 3/16 in.)

Credit LineWilliam S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession number37.978

On View

Not on view

ClassificationsArms and armor

Collections

Asia

Discover More

Tsuba with design of farmer, fox and naruko

Hamano Shôzui

Late 18th–early 19th century (?)

Tsuba with design of two entertainers

Hiroki Nobuyuki

mid-19th century

Tsuba with design of tiger and bamboo

Hamano Noriyuki II

Early 19th century

Kozuka with design of boy with a lion mask

Munekazu

Late 18th–early 19th century

Kozuka with design of maple and Chinese bellflower (kikyo)

Kaga School

Late 18th–19th century

Tsuba with design of Kannon seated on a mountainside

Kita Takenori

mid to late 19th century

Kozuka with design of toy butterflies and pigeons

Kato Teruaki

mid-19th century

Kozuka with design of sake-kettle and drunken courtier

Ishiguro Masatsune II

mid-19th century

Kozuka with design of snake, rocks and grasses

Ishiguro Masatatsu

mid-19th century

Kozuka with design of koronbo pulling a piece of coral with a rope

Ômori Terumitsu

Late 18th–early 19th century

Kozuka with design of swallow, pines and moon

early to mid-19th century

Kozuka with design of Hotei in a boat with two Chinese boys

Masakatsu

Late 18th–early 19th century