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Tsuba modeled as a tiger and bamboo
Japanese
Edo period
1762
Medium/Technique
Main material: iron; other metals: gold; copper sekigane; decorative technique: sukashi-bori, nikubori and zogan
Dimensions
Overall: 8.3 x 7.9 x 0.6 cm (3 1/4 x 3 1/8 x 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Chinese and Japanese Special Fund
Accession Number13.2331
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CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsArms and armor
Catalogue Raisonné
41
Signed
Horeki juissai mi jugatsu kore o saku; In the tenth month of the eleventh, snake, year of Horeki (=1761); Oda-shi Naoka [Oda Naoka made this]
寶暦十一歳巳十月作之 小田氏直香
寶暦十一歳巳十月作之 小田氏直香
ProvenancePurchased from Chikami Kiyoomi, former governor of Kagoshima, by Okakura Kakuzo