Tsuba with design of Daruma facing a wall in meditation

Shima Kazunari (Japanese)

Gotô School (Japanese)

mid to late 19th century

Medium/TechniqueMain material: iron; other metals: gold and silver; copper sekigane; decorative technique: takabori and zogan, sukashibori

DimensionsOverall: 8.1 x 7.5 x 0.4 cm (3 3/16 x 2 15/16 x 3/16 in.)

Credit LineHenry Adams Collection—Gift of the heirs of Henry Adams

Accession numberRES.28.54

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ClassificationsArms and armor

Collections

Inscriptions廓然無聖ProvenanceHenry Adams Collection

Shima Kazunari

mid to late 19th century

Shoami Shigesada

Late 17th–early 18th century

Inoue Masataka

mid-19th century

Saotome lesada

mid-late 17th century

Shima Kazunari

mid-19th century

late 18th to mid-19th century

Jakushi School

18th century

Kikuzawa Teruchika

Late 18th–early 19th century

Late 18th–early 19th century (?)

Hamano Naoyuki

Late 18th–early 19th century

Kitagawa Sôten

Late 18th–early 19th century

Kitagawa Sôten

mid-late 18th century