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Source Description
On the front of the tsuba, Watanabe no Tsuna (953-1025) is shown on the right dressed in armor. On the left, the earth spider is shown in his cave. Tsuna followed the earth spider to the cave after the spider tormented Tsuna's lord, Minamoto no Yorimitsu (948-1021) while the later was ill. Yorimitsu recovered when Tsuna killed the spider. The cave is also depicted on the reverse of the tsuba.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
23505
label
Tsuba with Watanabe no Tsuna Pursuing the Earth Spider into her Cave
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
2
Source metadata
id
23505
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Tsuba with Watanabe no Tsuna Pursuing the Earth Spider into her Cave
description
On the front of the tsuba, Watanabe no Tsuna (953-1025) is shown on the right dressed in armor. On the left, the earth spider is shown in his cave. Tsuna followed the earth spider to the cave after the spider tormented Tsuna's lord, Minamoto no Yorimitsu (948-1021) while the later was ill. Yorimitsu recovered when Tsuna killed the spider. The cave is also depicted on the reverse of the tsuba.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
n.d.
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Arms & Armor
tsubas
sword components
imageCount
2
pageCount
2
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
6
height
5.8
depth
0.4
dimensionsRaw
2 3/8 x 2 1/4 x 3/16 in. (6 x 5.76 x 0.43 cm)
Source extras
cul
Japanese
inscriptions
none
med
shibuichi, gold, shakudo
creator_ids
6194
collection_ids
JMA
exhibition_ids
none
Page inventory
seq
1
type
photo
mediaId
f4c2c69ae91240f2
hasOcr
no
hasDescription
no
seq
2
type
photo
mediaId
746aab78ea0c6134
hasOcr
no
hasDescription
no