Tsuba with design of the Chinese painters Cho Soyo (Zhang Sengyu) or Wu Daozi (Go Doshi) confronted by a dragon which has come to life from one of his pictures
Nakagami Motohiro
(Japanese)
Ôtsuki School
(Japanese)
Late 18th–early 19th century
Medium/TechniqueMain material: iron; other metals: gold, silver, shakudo and shibuichi; gilt plug; decorative technique: iroe takazogan
DimensionsOverall: 6.7 x 6.4 x 0.9 cm (2 5/8 x 2 1/2 x 3/8 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.12132
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.
Nakagaki Motohiro
Late 18th–early 19th century
Nakagaki Motohiro
Late 18th–early 19th century
Unno Moritoshi
19th century
Late 18th–early 19th century
