Tsuba
date: label: Date
content: late 19th century
name: label: Maker
content: Isobe Isshu, Japanese
label: School of
content: Ichijo school, Japan
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: At the center is the nakago-ana, an opening through which the sword passes, with remnants of sekigane (plugs added to fit the tsuba to a sword) made of shakudo (a soft copper and gold alloy). Surrounding this is the seppadai, a flat oval area that is migaki (burnished). On either side are ryo-hitsu, openings for the kozuka (utility knife) and the kogai (skewer tool). Both are hangetsu-kei (half moon) in shape.
place: label: made in
content: Japan
setName: label: See more items in
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
label: See more items in
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: 1936-4-413
objectType: label: Type
content: metalwork
label: Type
content: Decorative Arts
label: Type
content: Tsuba
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Shakudo (an alloy of copper and 3-6% gold), gold inlay
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 70.4 × 64.9 × 4.7 cm (27 11/16 × 25 9/16 × 1 7/8 in.)