Fuchi-kashira with designs of Shoka, daughter of Yokihi (Yang Guifei) and Minamoto no Yorimitsu (Raiko) to whom she has presented a bow
Ishiguro Yoshiharu
(Japanese)
Mito School
(Japanese, 18th–20th centuries)
mid-19th century
Medium/TechniqueMain material: iron; other metals: gold, silver and copper; decorative technique: takabori, zogan
DimensionsOverall: 3.3 x 1.7 x 0.9 cm (1 5/16 x 11/16 x 3/8 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.23967b
On View
Not on viewClassificationsArms and armor
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.
Ishiguro Yoshiharu
mid-19th century
Kikuzawa Teruchika
Late 18th–early 19th century
Late 18th–early 19th century (?)
Hamano Naoyuki
Late 18th–early 19th century
Late 18th–19th century