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Tsuba with design of female ghost
Japanese
Edo period–Meiji era
mid to late 19th century (before 1890)
Medium/Technique
Main material: copper and brass; surface treatment: migaki-ji; other metals: gold and shakudo; decorative technique: katakiri-bori and other engraving
Dimensions
Overall: 8.5 x 8 x 0.5 cm (3 3/8 x 3 1/8 x 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Charles Goddard Weld Collection
Accession Number11.5452
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CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsArms and armor
Signed
Kinoe-tora moshu Chikuzanken Motonaga horu [Carved by Chikuzanken Motonaga in early autumn of the kinoe-tora year (=1854)]
甲寅孟秋筑山軒元壽鐫
甲寅孟秋筑山軒元壽鐫
Provenance1890, Charles Goddard Weld Collection; bequest to MFA, Boston, December 7, 1911.