Tsuba with design of Futen releasing a storm
Uchikoshi Hirochika
(Japanese)
Mito School
(Japanese, 18th–20th centuries)
mid-19th century
Medium/TechniqueMain material: iron; other metals: gold and silver; decorative technique: shishiai-bori, katakiri-bori, nunome zogan
DimensionsOverall: 7.8 x 7.2 x 0.4 cm (3 1/16 x 2 13/16 x 3/16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.11891
On View
Not on viewClassificationsArms and armor
Collections
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.
mid to late 19th century (before 1889)
Nara School, Tsuneshige Sub-school
Late 18th–early 19th century
Inazawa Chinju
Late 18th–early 19th century
Uchikoshi Hironaga
early to mid-19th century