Tsuba with design of tiger, bamboo and stream

Goto Mitsutsura (Japanese)
School: Echizen School (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

mid to late 19th century

Medium/Technique Main material: iron; other metals: gold and shakudo; copper sekigane; decorative technique: takabori and zogan

Dimensions Overall: 8.5 x 7.9 x 0.4 cm (3 3/8 x 3 1/8 x 3/16 in.)

Credit Line Chinese and Japanese Special Fund

Accession Number13.2071

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia

ClassificationsArms and armor

Signed Shigetsushi Mitsutsura, with a kao
指月子光烈（花押）

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