Tsuba with design of Minamoto no Yoshitsune and Kumasaka Chohan
Inazawa Chinju
(Japanese)
Mito School
(Japanese, 18th–20th centuries)
Late 18th–early 19th century
Medium/TechniqueMain material: iron; other metals: gold and silver; lead sekigane (corroded); decorative technique: sukashi-bori, shishiai-bori, zogan
DimensionsOverall: 7.5 x 7.2 x 0.5 cm (2 15/16 x 2 13/16 x 3/16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number27.93
On View
Not on viewClassificationsArms and armor
Collections
Inazawa Chinju
early to mid-19th century
Goto Munetora
Late 18th–early 19th century
![Tsuba with design of an episode from the Sangokushi (Sanguozhi: Shokatsuryo [Zhuge Liang] and Guanyu [Kan'u] meet)](/internal/media/dispatcher/812965/thumbnail)
Mito School
early to mid-19th century
