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Tsuba with design of resting traveler smoking
Japanese
Edo period
mid-19th century
Medium/Technique
Main material: iron; other metals: gold, copper and shakudo; decorative technique: takabori, zogan
Dimensions
Overall: 6 x 4.7 x 0.5 cm (2 3/8 x 1 7/8 x 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.12145
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsArms and armor
Signed
Tenkodo Hidekuni, with a bird-shaped gold-inlaid kao
天光堂秀國（花押）
天光堂秀國（花押）
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.