Tsuba with design of Chinese dignitary and two child attendants

Kanô Natsuo (Japanese, 1828 – 1898)
After: Kano Motonobu (Japanese, 1476–1559)

Japanese

Edo period–Meiji era

mid to late 19th century (before 1890)

Medium/Technique Main material: copper; surface treatment: migaki-ji; other metals: gold; decorative technique: shishiai-bori, takabori, zogan

Dimensions Overall: 8 x 7.5 x 0.4 cm (3 1/8 x 2 15/16 x 3/16 in.)

Credit Line Charles Goddard Weld Collection

Accession Number11.5456

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia

ClassificationsArms and armor

Signed Ko-Hogen Motonobu no hitsu o moshite Natsuo, with a kao [Natsuo, copying the brush style of Ko-Hogen (Kano) Motonobu]
模古法眼元信筆　夏雄

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