Tsuba with design of eagle and crocodile
Uchikoshi Hironaga
(Japanese)
Mito School
(Japanese, 18th–20th centuries)
Late 19th century (before 1890)
Medium/TechniqueMain material: iron; other metals: gold, silver, shakudo, copper and shibuichi; decorative technique: very high iroe takabori
DimensionsOverall: 8.7 x 8 x 0.9 cm (3 7/16 x 3 1/8 x 3/8 in.)
Credit LineCharles Goddard Weld Collection
Accession number11.5383
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 1890)
Late 19th century (before 1890)
Late 19th century (before 1890)
Late 19th century (before 1886)
mid to late 19th century (before 1890)
Late 19th century (before 1890)
18th–early 19th century
mid to late 19th century
mid to late 19th century