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Tsuba with design of dragon, tiger and clouds
School: Chôshû School (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1753
Medium/Technique
Main material: iron; decorative technique: sukidashi-bori
Dimensions
Overall: 8.5 x 8.1 x 0.7 cm (3 3/8 x 3 3/16 x 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Chinese and Japanese Special Fund
Accession Number13.1799
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsArms and armor
InscriptionsHoreki tori sansai junigatsu mikka kore o tsukuru; Made on a day in the twelfth month of the third, cock, year of Horeki (=1753)
寳暦酉三歳十二月三日作之
寳暦酉三歳十二月三日作之
ProvenancePurchased from Chikami Kiyoomi, former governor of Kagoshima, by Okakura Kakuzo