Tsuba with Inlay Design of Hollyhocks (Aoi)

Date19th century

PeriodEdo period (1615–1868)

CultureJapanese

MediumIron, gold, copper sekigane

ClassificationWeapons

ProvenanceWith Nancy and Philip Kotler, Longboat Key, Florida, by 2015-2022; donated to the John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art, 2022-present.

Credit LineGift of Philip and Nancy Kotler, 2022

Object number2022.13.15

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DimensionsOverall: 2 11/16 × 2 1/2 in. (6.8 × 6.4 cm)

Hirosada

mid-19th century

18th - 19th century

1868-1912

Bamen Tsunemasa

late 18th–early 19th century

Itō Masahisa

ca. 1818

Hamano Noriyuki II

late 18th - 19th century

Hamano Noriyuki II

late 18th to mid-19th century

18th - 19th century

Nakazawa Noriyoshi

18th century

Hirayama Yoshinaga

Mid 19th century

18th century