Kappa
Ozaki Kokusai
(Japanese)
Takeda Kokusai
(Japanese)
mid to late 19th century
Object PlaceAsakusa, Edo, Japan
Medium/TechniqueStag antler
Dimensions12.9 x 3.3 x 3.3 cm (5 1/16 x 1 5/16 x 1 5/16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.23722
On View
Not on viewClassificationsNetsuke
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.
Ozaki Kazuyoshi
mid to late 19th century (before 1889)
Ozaki Toshitane
1887 (Meiji 20), September
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