Tsuba with design of insects

mid-19th century

Medium/TechniqueMain material: shibuichi; surface treatment: nanako-ji; other metals: gold; gold plug; decorative technique: sue-mon

DimensionsOverall: 6.8 x 6.1 x 0.6 cm (2 11/16 x 2 3/8 x 1/4 in.)

Credit LineCharles Goddard Weld Collection

Accession number11.5410

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ClassificationsArms and armor

Collections

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

Gotô School

late 18th to mid-19th century

Nobushige

early to mid-19th century

Otsuki Mitsuoki

mid-19th century (?)

Kanenori

early to mid-18th century

Gotô School

Late 18th–early 19th century (?)

early to mid-19th century

Late 18th–early 19th century

Iwamoto Konkan

Late 19th century

Ishiguro Masayoshi

mid to late 19th century

Ichijô School

mid-19th century

mid-19th century

Uchikoshi Hironaga

Early 19th century