Tsuba with design of dragon, clouds and lightning
Kawarabayashi Hideoki
(Japanese, 1788–1851)
Ôtsuki School
(Japanese)
1845
Medium/TechniqueMain material: iron; other metals: gold; gilt plugs; decorative technique: takabori, zogan
DimensionsOverall: 7.9 x 7.5 x 0.5 cm (3 1/8 x 2 15/16 x 3/16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.12150
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.
Kitagawa Motoyoshi
mid to late 19th century (before 1890)
Togakusha Masatoshi
late 18th–early 19th centuries
Kitagawa Sôten
Late 18th–early 19th century
