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Source Description
Grasses wrap around the central opening of this narrow tsuba. Two fireflies are carved along the edge, one at the upper right and one at the lower left. The lower firefly's wings are slightly open. In folk tales, fireflies are sometimes associated with supernatural activity. There are also stories of scholars studying by the light of the fireflies.
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Document identity
localId
17740
label
Tsuba with Fireflies among Grass
core
obj
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object
citationUrl
pageCount
3
Source metadata
id
17740
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Tsuba with Fireflies among Grass
description
Grasses wrap around the central opening of this narrow tsuba. Two fireflies are carved along the edge, one at the upper right and one at the lower left. The lower firefly's wings are slightly open. In folk tales, fireflies are sometimes associated with supernatural activity. There are also stories of scholars studying by the light of the fireflies.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
ca. 1860s (late Edo)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Arms & Armor
tsubas
sword components
imageCount
3
pageCount
3
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
5.1
height
3.3
depth
0.3
dimensionsRaw
2 x 1 5/16 x 1/8 in. (5.08 x 3.26 x 0.29 cm)
Source extras
cul
Japanese
inscriptions
[Signature] 長門萩住 綾部正幸作; [Translation] Nagato Hagi no ju/Ayabe Masayuki saku; [Translation] Living at Hagi in Nagato/Made by Ayabe Masayuki
med
shakudo,gold, silver
creator_ids
2675
collection_ids
JMA
exhibition_ids
none
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1
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photo
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98c46d3859d931b9
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no
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no
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2
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photo
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bcd2b83bf038cb21
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no
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no
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3
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photo
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acea19caee1ac69d
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no
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no