Tsuba with design of Taira no Tadamori and a lamp-lighting monk near Gion Shrine
Tsuchiya Morichika
(Japanese)
Tsuchiya School
(Japanese)
1850 (Kaei 3)
Medium/TechniqueMain material: iron; other metals: gold, silver, shakudô and shibuichi; decorative technique: iroe takazôgan
DimensionsOverall: 10.1 x 9.5 x 0.8 cm (4 x 3 3/4 x 5/16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.11926
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.
Umeyama Morichika
mid to late 19th century (before 1889)
Tsuchiya Yasuchika
Late 18th–early 19th century (?)
Tsuchiya Yasuchika
early to mid-19th century
Tsuchiya Yasuchika
mid to late 19th century (before 1890)
