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Sword of the katana type with mounting
Japanese
Edo period
Mid 19th century
Object Place: Japan
Medium/Technique
Steel with hilt in white ray skin, wrapped with white thread (tsumami-maki); hilt ornaments (menuki), fittings (fuchi, kashira, kozuka, kôgai, tsuba) in copper-gold alloy (shakudô) repousse and punched, with applied gold sheet; sheath in gold aventurine lacquer with "sprinkled" (makie) designs
Dimensions
Length: 114 cm (44 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.11292
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsArms and armor
Catalogue Raisonné
MFA Highlights: Arts of Japan (2008), p. 121
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.