Tsuba with design of Kinko riding on a carp
OkawaTeikan
(Japanese, 1828–1898)
Mito School
(Japanese, 18th–20th centuries)
mid to late 19th century (before 1890)
Medium/TechniqueMain material: brass; other metals: gold and shakudo; decorative technique: takabori, shishiai-bori
DimensionsOverall: 8.7 x 8 x 0.4 cm (3 7/16 x 3 1/8 x 3/16 in.)
Credit LineCharles Goddard Weld Collection
Accession number11.5445
On View
Not on viewClassificationsArms and armor
Collections
Provenance1890, Charles Goddard Weld Collection; bequest to MFA, Boston, December 7, 1911.
Issando Joi
mid to late 19th century (before 1890)
Nara School, Tsuneshige Sub-school
Late 18th–early 19th century
Issando Joi
early to mid-19th century
Issando Joi
early to mid-19th century
Nara Haruchika
mid-19th century
Late 18th–early 19th century
Hirano Tomomitsu
early to mid-19th century
Hirano Tomomitsu
early to mid-19th century