Tsuba with design of the rays from the Sun Goddess Amaterasu shining from her cave retreat while Amenokoyane forces the rock door open
Hamano Naoyuki
(Japanese, born in 1754)
Hamano School
(Japanese)
Late 18th–early 19th century
Medium/TechniqueMain material: iron; other metals: gold, silver, shakudo and copper; copper sekigane; decorative technique: takabori, zogan
DimensionsOverall: 7.6 x 7.1 x 0.6 cm (3 x 2 13/16 x 1/4 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.12036
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.
Hamano Naoyuki
early to mid-19th century
Kikuzawa Teruchika
Late 18th–early 19th century
Late 18th–early 19th century (?)
