Tsuba with design of hen and chicks beneath a flowering shrub
Nakayama Yoshitada
(Japanese)
Ishiguro School
(Japanese)
early to mid-19th century
Medium/TechniqueMain material: shakudo; surface treatment: nanako-ji; other metals: shibuichi and copper; decorative technique: iroe takazogan
DimensionsOverall: 7.7 x 7.1 x 0.8 cm (3 1/16 x 2 13/16 x 5/16 in.)
Credit LineCharles Goddard Weld Collection
Accession number11.5411
On View
Not on viewClassificationsArms and armor
Collections
Provenance1890, Charles Goddard Weld Collection; bequest to MFA, Boston, December 7, 1911.
Nakayama Yoshitada
early to mid-19th century
Fuchi-kashira with designs of a temple servant of the Todaiji Temple, and part of the Nandaimon Gate
Yoshitada
mid-19th century
Fuchi-kashira with designs of a temple servant of the Todaiji Temple, and part of the Nandaimon Gate
Yoshitada
mid-19th century
Shigenori
mid-late 18th century
Shoroken Hirotsugu
mid-19th century