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.
Hôkoku
Late 19th century (before 1890)
Uchikoshi Hironaga
Early 19th century
Uchikoshi Hironaga
Early 19th century
Uchikoshi Hironaga
early to mid-19th century
