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Tsuba with design of gamboling shishi

Egawa Toshimasa (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
early to mid-19th century

Medium/Technique Main material: iron; other metals: gold and shakudo; copper sekigane; decorative technique: takabori, zogan
Dimensions Overall: 7.3 x 6.9 x 0.9 cm (2 7/8 x 2 11/16 x 3/8 in.)
Credit Line Charles Goddard Weld Collection
Accession Number11.5441
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CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsArms and armor

Signed Egawa Toshimasa, with a kao
江川利政(花押)
Provenance1890, Charles Goddard Weld Collection; bequest to MFA, Boston, December 7, 1911.