Tsuba with design of gamboling shishi

Mito School (Japanese, 18th–20th centuries)

early to mid-19th century

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

DimensionsOverall: 7.8 x 7.3 x 0.8 cm (3 1/16 x 2 7/8 x 5/16 in.)

Credit LineCharles Goddard Weld Collection

Accession number11.5427

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ClassificationsArms and armor

Collections

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

Egawa Toshimasa

early to mid-19th century

Egawa Toshimasa

mid-19th century

Shoami School

mid-late 18th century

Nara School

mid-late 18th century

Seishi

mid-19th century

Yoshioka Hirotoshi

Late 18th–early 19th century (?)

Shoami School

18th century

Kikuzawa Teruchika

Late 18th–early 19th century

Nara Toshinaga

mid-late 18th century

Late 18th–early 19th century (?)

Hamano Naoyuki

Late 18th–early 19th century

Otsuki Mitsuoki

mid-19th century (?)