Tsuba
date: label: Date
content: early 18th century
name: label: School of
content: Kinai school, Japan
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: This tetsu (iron) tsuba is naga maru gata (round) in shape. It has sukashi marubori (round openwork carving) in the form of a dragon and jewel. Surrounding the central nakago-ana, the opening through which the sword passes, is the seppadai, a flat oval area that is migaki (burnished).
place: label: made in
content: Japan
setName: label: See more items in
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Bequest of George Cameron Stone
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1936-4-233
objectType: label: Type
content: metalwork
label: Type
content: Decorative Arts
label: Type
content: Tsuba
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Iron
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 7.7 × 7.5 × 6 cm (3 1/16 × 2 15/16 × 2 3/8 in.)