Tsuba with design of dragon and tiger

Japanese
Edo period
mid-19th century
Hagiya Katsuhira (Japanese, 1804–1876), School Mito School (Japanese, 18th through 20th century)

DIMENSIONS
Overall: 7.5 x 7.1 x 0.5 cm (2 15/16 x 2 13/16 x 3/16 in.)

ACCESSION NUMBER
11.5393

MEDIUM OR TECHNIQUE
Main material: shakudo; surface treatment: ishime-ji; other metals: gold, silver and shibuichi; copper sekigane; decorative technique: iroe takazogan

NOT ON VIEW
COLLECTIONS
Asia

CLASSIFICATIONS
Arms and armor

Signed
Seiryoken Hagiya Katsuhira, with a kao 生涼軒萩谷勝平（花押）

Provenance
1890, Charles Goddard Weld Collection; bequest to MFA, Boston, December 7, 1911.

Credit Line
Charles Goddard Weld Collection