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Tsuba with design of raised ring and flower piercings
Japanese
Edo period
1867
Medium/Technique
Main material: iron; decorative technique: hammering, sukashi-bori and takabori
Dimensions
Overall: 7.9 x 7.4 x 0.6 cm (3 1/8 x 2 15/16 x 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Chinese and Japanese Special Fund
Accession Number13.2251
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CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsArms and armor
Signed
Keio sannen hinoto-u kichinichi; On a lucky day in the fifth month of the third, hinoto-u, year of Keio (=1867), Myochin Ki no Munehira saku [Made by Myochin Ki no Munehira]
慶應三年丁卯五月吉日 明珍紀宗平作
慶應三年丁卯五月吉日 明珍紀宗平作
ProvenancePurchased from Chikami Kiyoomi, former governor of Kagoshima, by Okakura Kakuzo