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Sword Guard (<i>Tsuba</i>) with Letter by Maker
黒川兼四郎茂直作 Kurokawa Kenshirō Shigenao19th century
- Attribution
- 黒川兼四郎茂直作 Kurokawa Kenshirō Shigenao Japanese, 1822–1853
- Medium
- Copper-gold alloy ( shakudō ), copper
- Physical dimensions
- H. 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm); W. 2 3/4 in. (7 cm); thickness 3/16 in. (0.5 cm); Wt. 3.5 oz. (99.2 g)
- Credit line
- The Howard Mansfield Collection, Gift of Howard Mansfield, 1936
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