Tsuba with design of leaves and ropes (New Year decoration)

Japanese

Edo period

Late 18th–early 19th century

Object Place: Hisatsugu

Medium/Technique Main material: iron; other metals: gold and shakudo; decorative technique: sukidashi-bori and nunome-zogan

Dimensions Overall: 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.5 cm (3 1/8 x 3 1/8 x 3/16 in.)

Credit Line Chinese and Japanese Special Fund

Accession Number13.1817

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia

ClassificationsArms and armor

Signed Choshu Hagi no ju Hisatsugu saku
長州萩住久次作

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