Skip to main content
Kozuka blade with inlay of a branch of plum
Kozuka blade with inlay of a branch of plum

Kozuka blade with inlay of a branch of plum

Hamano Noriyuki I (Japanese, died 1789)
Hamano School (Japanese)
Late 18th–early 19th century
Medium/TechniqueMain material: steel; other metals: gold and silver; decorative technique: katakiri-bori
DimensionsOverall: 21.6 cm (8 1/2 in.)
Credit LineCharles Goddard Weld Collection
Accession number11.5212b
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsArms and armor
Collections
Provenance1890, Charles Goddard Weld Collection; bequest to MFA, Boston, December 7, 1911.
Tsuba with design of Raijin raising a storm
Hamano Noriyuki II
early to mid-19th century
Tsuba with design of tiger and bamboo
Hamano Noriyuki II
Early 19th century
Kozuka with design of Kannon emerging from a cloud
Hamano Noriyuki I
mid to late 19th century
Kozuka with design of Hotei
Hamano Noriyuki II
early to mid-19th century
Tsuba with design of farmer, fox and naruko
Hamano Shôzui
Late 18th–early 19th century (?)
Tsuba in the form of a piece of rotten driftwood
Hamano Noriyuki II
Late 18th–early 19th century
Kozuka with design of Jurojin, with staff, scroll and fan
Hamano Noriyuki II
early to mid-19th century
Kozuka with design of Nio
Hamano Noriyuki II
early to mid-19th century