Tsuba with design of Taira no Kagekiyo and Mionoya no Shirô
Takase Eiju
(Japanese, active 1775–1800)
Mito School
(Japanese, 18th–20th centuries)
19th century
Medium/TechniqueMain material: shibuichi; surface treatment: migaki-ji; other metals: gold, silver, shakudo and copper; decorative technique: iroe takazogan
DimensionsOverall: 6.9 x 6.4 x 0.7 cm (2 11/16 x 2 1/2 x 1/4 in.)
Credit LineGift of John T. Spaulding
Accession number37.1134
On View
Not on viewClassificationsArms and armor
Collections
Unno Moritoshi
mid to late 19th century (before 1889)
Unno Moritoshi
mid to late 19th century (before 1889)
early to mid-19th century
Hamano Noriyuki II
Late 18th–early 19th century
Tsuba with design of Chinese scholar playing the qin, with an attendant and three supplicant figures
Hamano Naoyuki
Late 18th–early 19th century