Tsuba with design of female ghost
Yoshikawa Motonaga
(Japanese)
Mito School
(Japanese, 18th–20th centuries)
mid to late 19th century (before 1890)
Medium/TechniqueMain material: copper and brass; surface treatment: migaki-ji; other metals: gold and shakudo; decorative technique: katakiri-bori and other engraving
DimensionsOverall: 8.5 x 8 x 0.5 cm (3 3/8 x 3 1/8 x 3/16 in.)
Credit LineCharles Goddard Weld Collection
Accession number11.5452
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
mid to late 19th century
Late 18th–early 19th century (?)
Early 19th century
early to mid-19th century
early to mid-19th century
mid-19th century
Late 19th century (before 1890)
Late 19th century (before 1886)
mid-18th century