Mounting for a sword of the tachi type with decoration of phoenixes
Ikkanshi Tadatsuna
(Japanese, dates unknown)
17th–18th century
Medium/TechniqueSword: Tempered steel; hilt: white sting ray skin with cloissone (Himantura Sp.); sheath: lacquer with mother-of-pearl inlay; metal fittings: gilt copper; tsuba: gilt bronze with cloissone
DimensionsTotal: 100.3 cm; hilt 21.5 cm; sheath 76.5 cm
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.11228b
On View
Not on viewClassificationsArms and armor
Collections
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 - d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: August 3, 1911)
NOTES:
[1] Much of Bigelow's collection of Asian art was formed during his residence in Japan between 1882 and 1889, although he also made acquisitions in Europe and the United States. Bigelow deposited many of these objects at the MFA in 1890 before donating them to the Museum's collection at later dates.
NOTES:
[1] Much of Bigelow's collection of Asian art was formed during his residence in Japan between 1882 and 1889, although he also made acquisitions in Europe and the United States. Bigelow deposited many of these objects at the MFA in 1890 before donating them to the Museum's collection at later dates.
18th century
Tanaka Toshiyoshi
mid-19th century
late 19th century
18th century