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Document identity
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21990
label
Dagger Depicting Tamatori Retrieving the Sacred Jewel from the Sea
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Source metadata
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21990
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Dagger Depicting Tamatori Retrieving the Sacred Jewel from the Sea
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1854 (Nambokucho-late Edo)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Arms & Armor
daggers
aikuchi
tanto blade
kogai
saya
tsuka
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2
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2
source
import
dimensionsRaw
mounted blade: 10 in. (25.4 cm) (l.)
Source extras
cul
Japanese
style
Bizen School
inscriptions
[Translation] Place
Bi... (only the first kanji remains); [Signature] Ishiguro Masaaki; [Signature] Otsuryuken Miboku; [Transcription] Oju Kyogaishi Fugawa Kazunori sen
Kaei nana Ko-in nen shuban; [Translation] Carved on special order by Kyogaishi Fugawa Kazunori
Kaei 7 (1854) late spring; [Translation] Bishu province
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ARM
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none
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1
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photo
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2
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photo
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