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Mounting for a sword of the tantô type with decoration of autumn grasses
By collaborator: Tanaka Toshiyoshi (Japanese, dates unknown)
Japanese
Edo period –Meiji era
mid-19th century
Medium/Technique
Hilt: white string ray skin (Himantura Sp); Scabbard: lacquered hō wood (Magnolia obovata) ; Fittings: gold, silver, shakudô, and suaka; Tsunagi (wooden blade): hō wood (Magnolia obovata)
Dimensions
Overall: 44.1 cm (17 3/8 in.)
Other (curvature): 3.7 cm (1 7/16 in.)
Other (curvature): 3.7 cm (1 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.11252.3
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsArms and armor
Catalogue Raisonné
MFA, Japanese Masterpieces (2012), #82
Signed
Kôbun Toshiyoshi sei; Sô Toshiyoshi sei
耕文寿良生；叟寿良生
耕文寿良生；叟寿良生
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.