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
On View
Not on viewClassificationsArms and armor
Collections
Provenance1890, Charles Goddard Weld Collection; bequest to MFA, Boston, December 7, 1911.
Late 18th–early 19th century
early to mid-19th century
mid-18th century
early to mid-19th century
mid-late 18th century
early to mid-19th century
mid-19th century (?)
mid to late 19th century (before 1890)
mid-19th century
Late 18th–early 19th century
Late 18th–early 19th century
early to mid-19th century