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Obverse: Tanuki drumming on its belly beneath the moon

Reverse: Omineashi (valerian) plant

Inscription

良次製

Signed

Yoshitsugu sei

Provenance

1890, Charles Goddard Weld Collection; bequest to MFA, Boston, December 7, 1911.

Credit Line

Charles Goddard Weld Collection

Tsuba with design of a tanuki drumming on its belly beneath the moon

Dimensions
Overall: 7 x 6.4 x 0.6 cm (2 3/4 x 2 1/2 x 1/4 in.)
Medium or Technique
Main material: iron; other metals: gold, shakudo and shibuichi; decorative technique: iroe takazogan
Classification
Arms and armor
Type
Tsuba; rounded rectangular; kozuka-hitsu; edge: uchidashi, almost square
Accession Number
11.5425
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