Object Notes

1993.86.11.FA Takenouchi no Sukune Meets the Dragon King of the Sea


GENERAL DESCRIPTION  
Japanese art of the Meiji period (1868-1912) was designed for an international art market, as Japan was now open to the Western world.  Fine metalworkers, like the maker of this impressive bronze sculpture, turned from producing armor and objects for the samurai class to creating works suited to new patrons, often European or American.