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Tsuba with design of figures caught in a thunderstorm
Japanese
Edo period
1770
Medium/Technique
Main material: iron; other metals: gold; copper sekigane; gilt plugs; decorative technique: takabori, iroe
Dimensions
Overall: 7.9 x 7.6 x 0.8 cm (3 1/8 x 3 x 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.12287
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CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsArms and armor
Catalogue Raisonné
95
Signed
Meiwa shichi kanoe-tora rokugatsu Tetsugendo Naoshige kore o tsukuru [Made by Tetsugendo Naoshige in the sixth month of the seventh, kanoe-tora, year of Meiwa (=1770)]
明和七庚寅六月鐵元堂尚茂造之
明和七庚寅六月鐵元堂尚茂造之
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.