Kagami netsuke plate with design of Buddha and Confucius

Umeyama Morichika (Japanese, about 1875)

mid to late 19th century (before 1889)

Medium/TechniqueMain material: gold; other metals: silver, shakudo and shibuichi; decorative technique: iroe takazogan

DimensionsOverall: 4.6 x 0.7 cm (1 13/16 x 1/4 in.)

Credit LineWeld Collection

Accession number11.5782

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ClassificationsArms and armor

Collections

Provenance1890, Charles Goddard Weld Collection; bequest to MFA, Boston, December 7, 1911.

Umeyama Morichika

Late 19th century

Tsuchiya Morichika

1850 (Kaei 3)

Umeyama Morichika

mid to late 19th century (before 1889)

Nagahama Yoshinobu

mid to late 19th century

Unno Moritoshi

mid to late 19th century (before 1889)

Unno Moritoshi

mid to late 19th century (before 1889)

Shugensai Hirosada

early to mid-19th century

Uchikoshi Hirochika

early to mid-19th century

early to mid-19th century

Gochiku Sadakatsu

mid - late 19th century (before 1890)

mid to late 19th century (before 1889)

mid to late 19th century (before 1889)