Tsuba with design of Kajiwara Kagesue and Sasaki Takatsuna racing across the Uji River
Kitazato Motonobu
(Japanese)
Mito School
(Japanese, 18th–20th centuries)
early to mid-19th century
Medium/TechniqueMain material: iron; other metals: gold, silver, shakudo and shibuichi; decorative technique: iroe sue-mon
DimensionsOverall: 7.6 x 7.1 x 0.6 cm (3 x 2 13/16 x 1/4 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.11896
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.
Late 18th–early 19th century (?)
Tsuchiya Yasuchika
Late 18th–early 19th century (?)
mid-19th century
