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Tsuba with design of swallow, waves, mountain and poem

Matsumura Kunihiro (Japanese)
School: Aizu Shoami School (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
Late 18th–early 19th century
Medium/Technique Main material: iron; other metals: gold; copper sekigane, shakudo plug; decorative technique: takabori, ito-sukashi and zogan
Dimensions Overall: 8.2 x 8.1 x 0.4 cm (3 1/4 x 3 3/16 x 3/16 in.)
Credit Line Chinese and Japanese Special Fund
Accession Number13.2438
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsArms and armor
Signed Matsumura Kunihiro rokujukyusai saku [Made by Matsumura Kunihiro aged sixty-nine.]
松村國廣六十九歳作
ProvenancePurchased from Chikami Kiyoomi, former governor of Kagoshima, by Okakura Kakuzo