Tsuba with design of Chinese bellflowers and dragonfly on a ground imitating the surface of wood
Kudo Nobutoshi
(Japanese)
Tanaka School
(Japanese)
mid to late 19th century
Medium/TechniqueMain material: iron; other metals: gold and silver; shakudo plugs with gilt rims; copper sekigane; decorative technique: sukidashi-bori, iroe takazogan
DimensionsOverall: 8.7 x 8.1 x 0.3 cm (3 7/16 x 3 3/16 x 1/8 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.12333
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.
early to mid-19th century
Shoami School
Late 17th–early 18th century (?)
Umetada Chikashige
early to mid-18th century
