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Kaigyokusai Masatsugu (Japanese, 1813–1892)
Japanese
Meiji era
mid to late 19th century; after 1863
Object Place: Osaka, Japan
Medium/Technique
Stained ivory, horn and silver
Dimensions
2.5 x 4.2 x 3 cm (1 x 1 5/8 x 1 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.23373
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsNetsuke
Catalogue Raisonné
MFA Highlights: Arts of Japan (2008), p. 182; Earle, Netsuke (MFA, 2001), #300
Signed
Kaigyokusai Masatsugu
懐玉斎正次
懐玉斎正次
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.