Tobacco-pouch; kagami netsuke; ojime; kanamono; inner plate with design of two Chinese boy attendants, and bamboo; leather pipe-case

Murakoshi Mingyoku (Japanese, active about 1850–1875)
Fujiwara Naokatsu (Japanese, 1805–1858)

Japanese

Edo period–Meiji era

mid to late 19th century (before 1889)

Object Place: Tokyo, Japan

Medium/Technique Main material: leather; decorative technique: uchidashi; katakiri-bori

Dimensions Overall: 11.2 x 8.5 x 3 cm (4 7/16 x 3 3/8 x 1 3/16 in.)

Credit Line Charles Goddard Weld Collection

Accession Number11.5570a-d

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia

ClassificationsArms and armor

Signed The kagami signed Seisei Mingyoku, the inner plate signed Okina, with a kao
The ojime signed Naokatsu
清々民玉　翁　直勝

Provenance1890, Charles Goddard Weld Collection; bequest to MFA, Boston, December 7, 1911.