Sword Guard (<i>Tsuba</i>) with Letter by Maker

黒川兼四郎茂直作 Kurokawa Kenshirō Shigenao

19th century · Copper-gold alloy (<i>shakudō</i>), copper · Arms and Armor

Artist

黒川兼四郎茂直作 Kurokawa Kenshirō Shigenao

Date

19th century

Medium

Copper-gold alloy (<i>shakudō</i>), copper

Culture

Japanese

Department

Arms and Armor

Credit line

The Howard Mansfield Collection, Gift of Howard Mansfield, 1936