Tsuba with design of flying goose
Hagiya Katsuhira
(Japanese, 1804 – 1886)
Mito School
(Japanese, 18th–20th centuries)
Late 19th century (before 1886)
Medium/TechniqueMain material: copper; surface treatment: migaki-ji; other metals: gold, silver, shakudo and shibuichi; decorative technique: very high iroe takazogan with katakiri-bori
DimensionsOverall: 8.7 x 8.2 x 1 cm (3 7/16 x 3 1/4 x 3/8 in.)
Credit LineCharles Goddard Weld Collection
Accession number11.5386
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)
early to mid-19th century
early to mid-19th century
18th–early 19th century
mid-19th century
Early 19th century
mid-19th century