Tsuba with design of a cockerel on a drum symbolizing peaceful and just government (kankodori), pheasant and pine

18th century

Medium/TechniqueMain material: iron; other metals: gold; copper sekigane, shakudo plug; decorative technique: nunome-zogan

DimensionsOverall: 8.3 x 8.3 x 0.5 cm (3 1/4 x 3 1/4 x 3/16 in.)

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

Accession numberRES.28.57

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ClassificationsArms and armor

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ProvenanceHenry Adams Collection

18th century

18th century

18th century

early to mid-19th century

Late 18th–early 19th century

18th century (?)

Early 18th century

mid-late 17th century

early to mid-19th century

Late 18th–early 19th century

18th century

Late 17th–early 18th century