Tsuba with design of eighteen courtier-poets

Early 19th century

Medium/TechniqueMain material: iron; other metals: gold and silver; decorative technique: sukashi-bori, takabori, nunome-zogan

DimensionsOverall: 8.1 x 7.7 x 0.5 cm (3 3/16 x 3 1/16 x 3/16 in.)

Credit LineCharles Goddard Weld Collection

Accession number11.5390

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ClassificationsArms and armor

Collections

Provenance1890, Charles Goddard Weld Collection; bequest to MFA, Boston, December 7, 1911.

Kan'yosai Yoshitsugu

Early 19th century

Yamakichibei School

18th century

Myochin School

18th century (?)

Nanban School

18th century

Kyô Shôami School

late 17th–early 18th century

Shoami School

mid-late 18th century

Kenjô School

early to mid-19th century

Shoami School

Late 16th–mid-17th century

Tosho School

Late 16th–early 17th century

Shoami Mitsushige

Late 18th–early 19th century

Nara School

early to mid-19th century

Inaba School

Early 19th century