Tsuba with design of the race across the Uji River
Tamagawa Nobuyoshi
(Japanese)
Mito School
(Japanese, 18th–20th centuries)
mid-19th century
Medium/TechniqueMain material: shibuichi; surface treatment: migaki-ji; other metals: gold, silver, shakudô and copper; decorative technique: iroe takazôgan
DimensionsOverall: 7 × 6.8 × 9 cm (2 3/4 × 2 11/16 × 3 9/16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.11899
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.
Unno Moritoshi
mid to late 19th century (before 1889)
Unno Moritoshi
mid to late 19th century (before 1889)
early to mid-19th century
Hamano Noriyuki II
Late 18th–early 19th century
Tsuba with design of Chinese scholar playing the qin, with an attendant and three supplicant figures
Hamano Naoyuki
Late 18th–early 19th century
Kikugawa Hisahide
Late 18th–early 19th century