Tsuba with design of water-buffalo and pine tree
Oyama Motozane I
(Japanese, 1741–1830)
Mito School
(Japanese, 18th–20th centuries)
mid-19th century (?)
Medium/TechniqueMain material: iron; other metals: gold; shakudo plugs; decorative technique: takabori, zogan
DimensionsOverall: 8.1 x 7.7 x 0.4 cm (3 3/16 x 3 1/16 x 3/16 in.)
Credit LineCharles Goddard Weld Collection
Accession number11.5408
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
early to 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