Advanced Search
Advanced Search

Tsuba with design of cricket, mantis and butterfly

Japanese
Edo period
Late 17th–early 18th century

Medium/Technique Main material: iron; other metals: copper sekigane; decorative technique: sukashi-bori
Dimensions Overall: 7.9 x 7.7 x 0.7 cm (3 1/8 x 3 1/16 x 1/4 in.)
Credit Line Chinese and Japanese Special Fund
Accession Number13.1935
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsArms and armor

Signed Unsigned
無銘
ProvenancePurchased from Chikami Kiyoomi, former governor of Kagoshima, by Okakura Kakuzo