Tsuba
date: label: Date
content: 19th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: This iron tsuba is nade (oval) in shape and has a maru mimi (round outer rim) with nanako (a punched pattern of dots). Sukashi (openwork) and iroyo takabori (high relief carving) show a scene with Shoki, the demon queller, and the demon Oni. Gilded details.
label: Description
content: At the center is the nakago-ana, an opening through which the sword passes. Surrounding this is the seppadai, a flat oval area that is migaki (burnished). At the left is a hitsu (opening) in the hangetsu-kei (half moon) shape.
place: label: made in
content: Japan
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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: 1936-4-774
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, gold
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 69.3 × 65 × 7.9 cm (27 5/16 × 25 9/16 × 3 1/8 in.)