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Tsuba with design of eighteen courtier-poets
Japanese
Edo period
Early 19th century
Medium/Technique
Main material: iron; other metals: gold and silver; decorative technique: sukashi-bori, takabori, nunome-zogan
Dimensions
Overall: 8.1 x 7.7 x 0.5 cm (3 3/16 x 3 1/16 x 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Charles Goddard Weld Collection
Accession Number11.5390
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsArms and armor
Signed
Kan'yosai Yoshitsugu, with a kao
管陽斎義次(花押)
管陽斎義次(花押)
Provenance1890, Charles Goddard Weld Collection; bequest to MFA, Boston, December 7, 1911.