Tsuba

Description

Presentation tsuba or sword guard of iron, aoi (hollyhock) shape with trefoil double holes, decorated with phoenix and paulownia in gold nunome-zogan (cloth grain-inlay): Japan, Kyoto or Awa province, late 18th century

Museum reference

A.1895.44

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Tsuba, Sword guard

Production information

Kyoto-shi, Kyoto-fu, Japan, East Asia
Awa province, Japan, East Asia

Date

1766 - 1799

Materials

Iron, Gold

Physical description

Iron, gold inlay

Exhibitions

• Artistic Legacies (29 Jul 2011 - 2018)
  National Museum of Scotland