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Source Description
A blooming lotus is in the center with a pod on the left and a large lotus leaf on the right. Lotus blossom from swampy water, so they are a metaphor for Buddha arising from the profane world.
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Document identity
localId
10538
label
Kozuka with Lotus
core
obj
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object
citationUrl
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4
Source metadata
id
10538
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Kozuka with Lotus
description
A blooming lotus is in the center with a pod on the left and a large lotus leaf on the right. Lotus blossom from swampy water, so they are a metaphor for Buddha arising from the profane world.
provenance
William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
ca. 1750-1775 (mid-late Edo)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Arms & Armor
kozuka
sword components
handles
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4
pageCount
4
source
import
dimensionsRaw
L: 3 3/4 in. (9.6 cm)
Source extras
cul
Japanese
inscriptions
[Inscription] 安親圖; [Transliteration] Yasuchika zu; [Translation] Design by Yasuchika; [Signature] 泰山元春; [Translation] Taizan Motoharu (kao)
med
shibuichi, copper, gold
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6134
6135
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JMA
exhibition_ids
170
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