Tsuba with design of So Toba going into exile on horseback with an attendant
Nara School
(Japanese)
early to mid-19th century
Medium/TechniqueMain material: shakudo; surface treatment: migaki-ji; other metals: gold, silver, shakudo and copper; decorative technique: iroe takazogan
DimensionsOverall: 7 x 6.8 x 0.4 cm (2 3/4 x 2 11/16 x 3/16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.11986
On View
Not on viewClassificationsArms and armor
Collections
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 - d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: August 3, 1911)
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.
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.
Kikugawa Hisahide
Late 18th–early 19th century
early to mid-19th century
Mito School
mid-19th century
Saito Saneyoshi
Late 18th–early 19th century
Ichinomiya Nagatsune
early to mid-19th century (?)
Nara Masanaga
Late 18th–early 19th century (?)