Sword Guard (Tsuba) with Mountain Landscape and Flying Geese (Translation)
鉄地長丸形山水飛雁図鐔 桃山時代 銘山城国伏見住金家 (Primary Title)

San Gia Guni Froshimi, Japanese (Artist)
Kaneie 金家, Japanese, active 16th century (Maker)

16th century
Japanese
Arms And Armor
Iron, gold
Overall: 2 5/8 × 2 3/8 in. (6.67 × 6.03 cm)
66.58.12
Not on view
Momoyama (1573-1615)
金家 Kaneie
山城国伏見住金家 (amashiro kuni Fushimi ju Kaneie (Made by Kaneie from Fushimi, Yamashiro Province)
Gift of Admiral Lewis Strauss
Image released via Creative Commons CC-BY-NC

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