Tsuba (sword guard), decorated with praying mantises trying to escape from the wheels of a carriage

Japanese Collection

Accession Nr.: 2358
Type: weapons and armament; metalwork; martial accessory
Date of production:
1600-1868
Edo (Tokugawa) period
Place of production:
Acquisition: collection of Ferenc Hopp
Signed: 保壽 (Yasunaga)
Materials/Techniques: iron, gilded
Dimensions: height: 7.2 cm
width: 6.6 cm
depth: 0.4 cm