Tsuba (sword guard) with Openwork (sukashi) Design
Artist/Culture
Akasaka School
(Japanese)
Datelate 1700s–early 1800s
Mediumrusseted iron, shakudo, copper alloy plugs
Dimensions7 × 7.5 cm (2 3/4 × 2 15/16 in.), 4 oz (weight)
ClassificationsArms and Armor
Credit LineThe John Woodman Higgins Armory Collection
Terms
Object number2014.399
Label TextThis tsuba is typical of the Akasaka school. Akasaka was a district in Tokyo whose tsuba-makers specialized in highly abstract "sukashi" (openwork) designs.ProvenanceCollection transfer from Higgins Armory, January 2014.On View
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