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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: 7.4 x 7.1 x 0.6 cm (2 15/16 x 2 13/16 x 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.12288
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CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsArms and armor
Catalogue Raisonné
94
Signed
Meiwa hachi kanoto-u nigatsu Naoshige, with seal Toshiyuki [Naoshige, the second month of the eighth, kanoto-u, of Meiwa (=1771)]
明和八辛卯二月尚茂 印 敏行
明和八辛卯二月尚茂 印 敏行
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.