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Tsuba with design of herdboy playing a flute
Japanese
Edo period
1844
Medium/Technique
Main material: iron; other metals: gold, silver and shakudo; decorative technique: iroe takazogan
Dimensions
Overall: 7.1 x 6.7 x 0.6 cm (2 13/16 x 2 5/8 x 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.12372
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CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsArms and armor
Catalogue Raisonné
108
Signed
Tenpo kinoe-tatsu yochu Shunmei Hogen, with a kao [Shunmei Hogen in the second month of the kinoe-tatsu year of Tenpo (=1844)]
天保甲辰陽中春明法眼（花押）
天保甲辰陽中春明法眼（花押）
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.