Tsuba with design of oni playing a shamisen on a giant gourd
Hirayama Yoshinaga
(Japanese)
Mito School
(Japanese, 18th–20th centuries)
mid to late 19th century
Medium/TechniqueMain material: brass; surface treatment: migaki-ji; other metals: gold, silver, shakudo and shibuichi; decorative technique: iroe takazogan
DimensionsOverall: 8.7 x 8.1 x 1.5 cm (3 7/16 x 3 3/16 x 9/16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.11953
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.
Senoo Yoshinaga
19th century
Sômin
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