Tsuba with design of fruiting gourd vine

Kinai (Japanese)
School: Echizen Kinai School (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

18th century

Medium/Technique Main material: iron; decorative technique: sukidashi-bori and sukidashi-bori

Dimensions Overall: 8.3 x 8.3 x 0.4 cm (3 1/4 x 3 1/4 x 3/16 in.)

Credit Line Chinese and Japanese Special Fund

Accession Number13.2074

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CollectionsAsia

ClassificationsArms and armor

Signed Echizen no ju Kinai saku
越前住記内作

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