Advanced Search 
Tsuba with design of monkey on a branch
Kanô Natsuo (Japanese, 1828 – 1898)
Japanese
Edo period–Meiji era
mid to late 19th century (before 1890)
Medium/Technique
Main material: iron; other metals: gold, shakudo, shibuichi and copper; decorative technique: takabori, zogan
Dimensions
Overall: 8.4 x 7.7 x 0.9 cm (3 5/16 x 3 1/16 x 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Charles Goddard Weld Collection
Accession Number11.5468
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsArms and armor
Signed
Sosen ihitsu horu Natsuo, with a kao [Carved by Natsuo after the brush style of Sosen]
祖仙遺筆鐫 夏雄（花押）
祖仙遺筆鐫 夏雄（花押）
Provenance1890, Charles Goddard Weld Collection; bequest to MFA, Boston, December 7, 1911.