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Source Description
At the lower right of this tsuba is a sea bream ("tai") and a plum branch. The fish is being represented here as food, not as a living animal. On the reverse are sea shells.
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Document identity
localId
24345
label
Tsuba with a Sea Bream and Plum Branch
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obj
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object
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3
Source metadata
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24345
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object
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normalized
title
Tsuba with a Sea Bream and Plum Branch
description
At the lower right of this tsuba is a sea bream ("tai") and a plum branch. The fish is being represented here as food, not as a living animal. On the reverse are sea shells.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquistion unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1829-1898 (late Edo-Meiji)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
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Arms & Armor
tsubas
sword components
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3
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3
source
import
dimensionsRaw
H: 3 7/16 in. (8.7 cm)
Source extras
cul
Japanese
inscriptions
[Signature] 芳園 鐫; [Transliteration] Hôen kizamu; [Translation] Engraved by Hôen
med
sentoku, gold, copper, silver
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2479
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JMA
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none
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photo
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photo
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