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.
Higashiyama Motonobu
Late 19th century (before 1890)
Hôkoku
Late 19th century (before 1890)
early to mid-19th century
Unno Moritoshi
mid to late 19th century (before 1889)