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Tsuba with design of pine trees
Japanese
Edo period
1854
Medium/Technique
Main material: iron; decorative technique: sukashi-bori and sukidashi-bori
Dimensions
Overall: 9.4 x 9.3 x 0.5 cm (3 11/16 x 3 11/16 x 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Chinese and Japanese Special Fund
Accession Number13.2245
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CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsArms and armor
Signed
Kaei shichi kinoe-tora nigatsu kichinichi; On a lucky day in the second month of the seventh, kinoe-tora, year of Kaei (=1854) Toshu Myochin Ki no Muneyoshi [Myochin Ki no Muneyoshi of Tosa Province]
嘉永七甲寅二月吉日 土州明珍紀宗義
嘉永七甲寅二月吉日 土州明珍紀宗義
ProvenancePurchased from Chikami Kiyoomi, former governor of Kagoshima, by Okakura Kakuzo