Tsuba with design of Benkei reading a scroll
Iwama Mitsuyoshi
(Japanese, about 1875)
Mito School
(Japanese, 18th–20th centuries)
Late 19th century (before 1890)
Medium/TechniqueMain material: shibuichi; surface treatment: migaki-ji; other metals: gold, silver and shakudo; decorative technique: iroe takabori
DimensionsOverall: 8.8 x 8.2 x 0.8 cm (3 7/16 x 3 1/4 x 5/16 in.)
Credit LineCharles Goddard Weld Collection
Accession number11.5381
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)
early to mid-18th century
mid to late 19th century
mid to late 19th century (before 1889)
mid to late 19th century (before 1889)
early to mid-19th century
early to mid-19th century
Late 18th–early 19th century
Tsuba with design of Chinese scholar playing the qin, with an attendant and three supplicant figures
Late 18th–early 19th century
Late 18th–early 19th century