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Tsuba with design of carp and stream

Kanô Natsuo (Japanese, 1828 – 1898)
After: Maruyama Ôkyo (Japanese, 1733–1795)
Japanese
Edo period
mid to late 19th century (before 1890)

Medium/Technique Main material: iron; other metals: gold and shakudo; decorative technique: takabori, zogan
Dimensions Overall: 8.3 x 7.5 x 1 cm (3 1/4 x 2 15/16 x 3/8 in.)
Credit Line Charles Goddard Weld Collection
Accession Number11.5467
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsArms and armor

Signed Okyo ihitsu horu Natsuo, with a kao [Carved by Natsuo after the brush style of Okyo]
應擧遺筆鐫 夏雄(花押)
Provenance1890, Charles Goddard Weld Collection; bequest to MFA, Boston, December 7, 1911.