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Tsuba with design of flying goose

Hagiya Katsuhira (Japanese, 1804 – 1886)
School: Mito School (Japanese, 18th–20th centuries)
Japanese
Meiji era
Late 19th century (before 1886)

Medium/Technique Main material: copper; surface treatment: migaki-ji; other metals: gold, silver, shakudo and shibuichi; decorative technique: very high iroe takazogan with katakiri-bori
Dimensions Overall: 8.7 x 8.2 x 1 cm (3 7/16 x 3 1/4 x 3/8 in.)
Credit Line Charles Goddard Weld Collection
Accession Number11.5386
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CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsArms and armor

Catalogue Raisonné 145
Signed Seiryoken Katushira, with a kao
生涼軒勝平(花押)
Provenance1890, Charles Goddard Weld Collection; bequest to MFA, Boston, December 7, 1911.