Tsuba with samurai motif

Japanese Collection

Accession Nr.: 1014
Type: weapons and armament; metalwork; martial accessory
Date of production:
ca. 1600-1868
Edo (Tokugawa) period
Place of production:
Acquisition: collection of Ferenc Hopp
Materials: bronze; gold; silver
Dimensions: height: 5.9 cm
width: 6.5 cm
depth: 0.7 cm
Unsigned. From the artistic point of view, the most important were the sword fittings (kodōgu). The grip and the blade were separated by metal guards of 8–10 cm width (tsuba), signed pieces of which dated back to the 16th century.