Tsuba with design of samurai attendants around a camp fire
Katsura Sorin
(Japanese, born in 1773)
Mito School
(Japanese, 18th–20th centuries)
mid-19th century
Medium/TechniqueMain material: shibuichi; other metals: gold, silver, shakudo and copper; blue glass; decorative technique: iroe takazogan
DimensionsOverall: 7.3 x 7.3 x 0.8 cm (2 7/8 x 2 7/8 x 5/16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.11869
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.
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)
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)