Guardless tanto mounting
Masatsune
(Japanese, dates unknown)
early to mid-19th century
Medium/TechniqueGold, shakudo, suaka, shibuichi, whale bone, and wood
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.11254b
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.
Tanaka Toshiyoshi
mid-19th century
Ishiguro Masatsune
Late 18th–early 19th century
Ishiguro Masatsune II
early to mid-19th century
