Tsuba with design of flying cranes

Mitsumasa (Japanese)

early to mid-19th century

Medium/TechniqueMain material: iron; other metals: gold; shakudo plugs; decorative technique: takabori, zogan

DimensionsOverall: 7.9 x 7.3 x 0.5 cm (3 1/8 x 2 7/8 x 3/16 in.)

Credit LineCharles Goddard Weld Collection

Accession number11.5406

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ClassificationsArms and armor

Collections

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

Shoami School

Late 18th–early 19th century

Nara School

early to mid-19th century

Kitagawa Sôten

mid-18th century

Nara School

early to mid-19th century

Oyama Motozane I

mid-19th century (?)

Hamano Shôzui

mid to late 19th century (before 1890)

Koizumi Tomoyuki

mid-19th century

Hamano Hiroyuki

Late 18th–early 19th century

Late 18th–early 19th century

Gotô School

early to mid-19th century

Kitagawa Sôten

Late 18th–early 19th century

Late 18th–early 19th century