Tsuba with design of an oni fleeing from Shoki
Toyota Masachika
(Japanese)
Ishiguro School
(Japanese)
Late 19th century (before 1890)
Medium/TechniqueMain material: copper; surface treatment: migaki-ji; other metals: gold, shakudo and shibuichi; decorative technique: very high iroe takazogan and shishiaibori
DimensionsOverall: 9 x 8.2 x 0.6 cm (3 9/16 x 3 1/4 x 1/4 in.)
Credit LineCharles Goddard Weld Collection
Accession number11.5377
On View
Not on viewClassificationsArms and armor
Collections
Provenance1890, Charles Goddard Weld Collection; bequest to MFA, Boston, December 7, 1911.
Late 19th century (before 1890)
Late 19th century (before 1890)
Late 19th century (before 1886)
Late 19th century (before 1890)
Late 19th century (before 1890)
18th–early 19th century
mid to late 19th century
Late 19th century (before 1890)
late 18th–early 19th century
mid to late 19th century (before 1890)
Late 19th century (before 1890)