Tsuba with design of rain dragon and characters
Tsuchiya Yasuchika
(Japanese, 1670–1744)
Nara School
(Japanese)
early to mid-19th century (?)
Medium/TechniqueMain material: brass, shakudo and shibuichi; other metals: gold and silver; copper sekigane; shakudo plug; decorative technique: iroe sue-mon
DimensionsOverall: 7.8 x 7.5 x 0.4 cm (3 1/16 x 2 15/16 x 3/16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.11983
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.
Tsuchiya Yasuchika
Late 18th–early 19th century (?)
Late 18th–early 19th century (?)
mid-19th century
early to mid-19th century
early to mid-19th century
early to mid-19th century