Fuchi-kashira with designs of Nio, cherry-blossom and clouds

Tsuchiya Shômin (Japanese, mid-19th century)
School: Tsuchiya School (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

mid-19th century

Medium/Technique Main material: iron; other metals: gold, copper and shakudo; decorative technique: takabori and zogan

Dimensions Overall: 3.5 x 1.7 x 1.1 cm (1 3/8 x 11/16 x 7/16 in.)

Credit Line Charles Goddard Weld Collection

Accession Number11.5200b

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CollectionsAsia

ClassificationsArms and armor

Signed Tsuchiya Shômin, with a gold kao
土屋正珉（花押）

Provenance1890, Charles Goddard Weld Collection; bequest to MFA, Boston, December 7, 1911.