Mokkō-shaped tsuba with design of birds on a willow tree

Details

• Title

  Mokkō-shaped tsuba with design of birds on a willow tree

• Associated place

  Asia › Japan (place of creation)

• Date

  Edo Period (1600 - 1868)

• Material and technique

  shibuichi, with copper taka-zōgan (high relief inlay) decoration

• Material index

  processed material › metal › alloy › copper alloy › shibuichi;

  processed material › metal › copper

• Technique index

  covered › inlaid;

  forged

• Object type

  arms/armour › koshirae › kodogu › tsuba

• Dimensions

  7.3 x 7.7 cm (height x width)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Presented by J. D. Reynolds and Mrs T. O' Brien, 1962.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EA1962.170

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