Educators Online Tsuba in the form of an okame and an oni mask
Japanese
Late 19th century
Kitagawa Motoyoshi
Mito School
Overall: 8.2 x 9.4 x 2.1 cm (3 1/4 x 3 11/16 x 13/16 in.)
Main material: sentoku; surface treatment: migaki-ji; other metals: gold, silver, shakudo and copper; copper false sekigane; decorative technique: takabori, zogan
Classification: Arms and armor
Type: Tsuba; irregular; none
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
On view in the:
Not on view
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number: 11.11951