Tsuba (sword guard) with Coastal Landscape
Artist
Tomohisa of Hagi, Chosu
(Japanese)
Datelate 1700s–early 1800s
Mediumrusseted iron, shakudo rim
Dimensions6.5 × 7 cm (2 9/16 × 2 3/4 in.), 2 oz (weight)
ClassificationsArms and Armor
Credit LineThe John Woodman Higgins Armory Collection
Object number2014.402
Label TextThis tsuba was made by one of the Tomohisa family from Hagi, the capital of Choshu province. Located near the western tip of Japan's main island, Hagi was an important center of tsuba production.ProvenanceCollection transfer from Higgins Armory, January 2014.On View
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