Tsuba with "hundred monkeys" design

Yagami Mitsuhiro (Japanese)
School: Yagami School (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

Late 18th–early 19th century

Medium/Technique Main material: iron; other metals: gilding to one hitsu; decorative technique: chiseled sukashibori

Dimensions Overall: 8.1 x 8 x 0.5 cm (3 3/16 x 3 1/8 x 3/16 in.)

Credit Line Chinese and Japanese Special Fund

Accession Number13.1769

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia

ClassificationsArms and armor

Signed Yagami Shoyoken Mitsuhiro
矢上逍遥軒光廣

ProvenancePurchased from Chikami Kiyoomi, former governor of Kagoshima, by Okakura Kakuzo