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土蜘蛛退治図鐔
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Tsuba with design of Minamoto no Yorimitsu (Raikô) confronting the Earth Spider (Tsuchigumo)
土蜘蛛退治図鐔
Japanese
Meiji era
mid - late 19th century (before 1890)
Medium/Technique
Main material: shibuichi; other metals: gold, silver, shakudô, shibuichi and copper; decorative technique: iroe takazôgan
Dimensions
Overall: 8.8 × 8.1 × 1.3 cm (3 7/16 × 3 3/16 × 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Charles Goddard Weld Collection
Accession Number11.5505
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CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsArms and armor
Catalogue Raisonné
146
Signed
Shôtôken Gochiku Sadakatsu, with a kaô
松濤軒吾竹貞勝（花押）
松濤軒吾竹貞勝（花押）
ProvenanceBefore 1886, acquired in Japan by Ernest Francisco Fenollosa (b. 1853 – d. 1908), Salem, MA; 1886, sold with the Fenollosa collection to Charles Goddard Weld (b. 1857 – d. 1911), Brookline, MA; 1911, bequest of Charles Goddard Weld to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 7, 1911)