Tsuba with Hotei Pointing at the Moon

Artist Tamagawa Yoshitoshi (Japanese, act. 1840 – 1860)

Datemid-19th century

PeriodEdo period (1615–1868)

MediumBronze, gilding, copper

DimensionsOverall: 3 7/16 × 3 1/8 in. (8.8 × 8 cm)

ClassificationsWeapons

Credit LineGift of Philip and Nancy Kotler, 2022

Object number2022.13.60

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18th - 19th century

18th century

Nara Toshinaga

late 17th–early 18th century

Hirosada

mid-19th century

Hamano Noriyuki II

late 18th to mid-19th century

Arai Teruyuki

mid-19th century

late 18th - 19th century

Miyake Motojirō

early- to mid-19th century

Yokoya Sōmin

19th century

Hirayama Yoshinaga

Tanaka Kiyotoshi

ca. 1870s

Yokoya Sōmin

1774 (the 3rd year of the An’ei era)