Mokkō-shaped tsuba with raised edge

Details

• Title

  Mokkō-shaped tsuba with raised edge

• Artist/maker

  Myōchin School (active 16th - 19th century) (armourer)

  Myōchin Shikibu Ōsumi-no-kami (1688 - 1735) (armourer)

• Associated place

  Asia › Japan › Honshū › Kantō › Tōkyō prefecture › Tōkyō (place of creation)

• Date

  possibly 1688 - 1735

• Material and technique

  iron

• Material index

  processed material › metal › iron

• Technique index

  forged

• Object type

  arms/armour › koshirae › kodogu › tsuba

• Dimensions

  7.6 x 7.2 cm (height x width)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Bequeathed by Dame Jemima Church, in accordance with the wishes of her Husband, Sir Arthur H. Church, 1929.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EAX.10083

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