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Source Description
This tsuba is decorated with three of the celebrated autumn grasses. On the front are arrowroot and pampas grass. On the reverse is mist flower. This is part of a mounted set.
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Document identity
localId
19056
label
Tsuba with Autumn Grasses
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obj
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object
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4
Source metadata
id
19056
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Tsuba with Autumn Grasses
description
This tsuba is decorated with three of the celebrated autumn grasses. On the front are arrowroot and pampas grass. On the reverse is mist flower. This is part of a mounted set.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1871 (Meiji)
citationUrl
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CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Arms & Armor
tsubas
sword components
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4
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4
source
import
dimensionsRaw
H: 2 7/16 in. (6.2 cm)
Source extras
cul
Japanese
inscriptions
[Date] 明治四辛未仲夏; [Transliteration] Meiji yon kanoto hitsuji chûka; [Translation] Meiji 4 (1871)
year of the sheep
mid summer; [Signature] 龍青眠 壽矩; [Translation] Ryûseimin Toshinori (kao)
med
shakudo, gold, nigurome
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4263
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JMA
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none
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