Advanced Search
Advanced Search

Tsuba formed as sixteen radiating leaves with inlaid design of wisteria blossom

Shôami Arichika (Japanese, 1661–1742)
Japanese
Edo period
early to mid-18th century

Medium/Technique Main material: copper; surface treatment: migaki-ji; other metals: gold; shakudo plugs; decorative technique: sukashi-bori, sukidashi-bori and hirazogan
Dimensions Overall: 7.8 x 7.6 x 0.5 cm (3 1/16 x 3 x 3/16 in.)
Credit Line Chinese and Japanese Special Fund
Accession Number13.2368
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsArms and armor

Catalogue Raisonné 69
Signed Arichika
在哉
ProvenancePurchased from Chikami Kiyoomi, former governor of Kagoshima, by Okakura Kakuzo