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Tsuba with design of moon and stars
Japanese
Edo period
1863
Medium/Technique
Main material: iron; decorative technique: sukashi-bori and sukidashi-bori
Dimensions
Overall: 7.9 x 7.4 x 0.2 cm (3 1/8 x 2 15/16 x 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Chinese and Japanese Special Fund
Accession Number13.2246
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsArms and armor
Signed
Bunkyu san mizunoto-i sangatsu; In the third month of the third, mizunoto-i, year of Bunkyu (=1863), Myochin Ki no Muneyoshi saku, with a kao [Made by Myochin Ki no Muneyoshi]
文久三癸亥三月（花押） 明珍紀宗吉作
文久三癸亥三月（花押） 明珍紀宗吉作
ProvenancePurchased from Chikami Kiyoomi, former governor of Kagoshima, by Okakura Kakuzo