Skip to main content

Kozuka with design of Li Bai supported by two attendants

(Japanese, 1849–1926)
About 1870–89
Medium/TechniqueMain material: gold; surface treatment: migaki-ji; decorative technique: takabori
DimensionsOverall: 9.8 x 1.6 x 0.8 cm (3 7/8 x 5/8 x 5/16 in.)
Credit LineCharles Goddard Weld Collection
Accession number11.5184
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsArms and armor
Collections
InscriptionsPoem by Du Fu on Li Bai 李白一斗詩百篇 長安市上酒家眠 天子呼来不上舟 自称臣是酒中仙
Provenance1890, Charles Goddard Weld Collection; bequest to MFA, Boston, December 7, 1911.
Tsuba with design of dragon and clouds
Miyata Nobukiyo
mid-19th century
Kanamono in the form of one oni massaging another
Miyata Nobuhisa
mid to late 19th century (before 1889)
Tsuba with design of Raijin raising a storm
Hamano Noriyuki II
early to mid-19th century
Kozuka with design of Daruma
Yokoya Sôyo
mid to late 19th century
Kozuka with design of carp and waves
Hamano Masayoshi
mid-19th century
Kozuka with design of Kanzan and Jittoku
Iwamoto Konkan
early to mid-19th century
Tsuba with design of Benkei reading a scroll
Iwama Mitsuyoshi
Late 19th century (before 1890)