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Kagami netsuke plate with design of Ushiwakamaru playing the flute to a long-nosed Tengu

Kawarabayashi Hideoki (Japanese, 1788–1851)
Japanese
Edo period
early to mid-19th century

Medium/Technique Main material: shibuichi; other metals: gold and copper; decorative technique: katakiri-bori, iroe takazogan
Dimensions Overall: 3 x 0.5 cm (1 3/16 x 3/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.24053
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsArms and armor

Signed Nanto Kofukuji gaku no zu Hideoki, with a kao
南都興福寺樂之圖 秀興(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.