Tsuba in the form of a caparisoned elephant
Zuiryûken Hidetomo
(Japanese)
Mito School
(Japanese, 18th–20th centuries)
mid to late 19th century
Medium/TechniqueMain material: brass; other metals: copper; gilt plug; decorative technique: takabori, zogan
DimensionsOverall: 8.7 x 8.7 x 0.6 cm (3 7/16 x 3 7/16 x 1/4 in.)
Credit LineGift of John T. Spaulding
Accession number37.1141
On View
Not on viewClassificationsArms and armor
Collections
Kikuzawa Teruchika
Late 18th–early 19th century
Hamano Hiroyuki
late 18th–early 19th century
Kitagawa Motoyoshi
mid to late 19th century (before 1890)
Togakusha Masatoshi
late 18th–early 19th centuries
Kitagawa Sôten
Late 18th–early 19th century
