Kanamono in the form of six of the Seven Gods of Good Fortune pounding rice, with a back plate with design of a seventh god preparing a fire
Kobayashi Yoshimasa
(Japanese)
Mito School
(Japanese, 18th–20th centuries)
Late 18th–early 19th century
Medium/TechniqueMain material: shakudo; other metals: gold, silver, shibuichi and copper; decorative technique: uchidashi, takabori, iroe takazogan
DimensionsOverall: 5.7 x 1.1 cm (2 1/4 x 7/16 in.)
Credit LineCharles Goddard Weld Collection
Accession number11.5689
On View
Not on viewClassificationsArms and armor
Collections
Provenance1890, Charles Goddard Weld Collection; bequest to MFA, Boston, December 7, 1911.
Kobayashi Yoshimasa
Late 18th century
Kobayashi Yoshimasa
late 18th–early 19th century
Yoshimasa
early to mid-19th century
Yoshimasa
mid to late 19th century (before 1888)
late 18th to mid-19th century
Someya School
early to mid-19th century
Kikugawa
mid to late 19th century (before 1889)
Late 18th–early 19th century
early to mid-19th century
early to mid-19th century