Round tsuba with design of The Hundred Monkeys

Details

• Title

  Round tsuba with design of The Hundred Monkeys

• Associated place

  Asia › Japan (place of creation)

• Date

  mid-18th century

• Material and technique

  iron, with openwork decoration and marubori carving; kōgai-hole plugged with soft metal, probably shakudō

• Material index

  processed material › metal › iron;

  processed material › metal › alloy › copper alloy › shakudo

• Technique index

  decorated › openwork;

  carved;

  filled › plugged;

  forged

• Object type

  arms/armour › koshirae › kodogu › tsuba

• Dimensions

  7.1 x 6.8 cm (height x width)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Presented by D. Newman, 1978.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EA1978.217

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