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Source Description
This all-over design of monkeys is typical for the Noda school of metalworkers (see Walters 51.112 and 51.133). This tsuba also has textile patterning around the central opening.
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Document identity
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27444
label
Tsuba with One Hundred Monkeys
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object
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Source metadata
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27444
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object
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normalized
title
Tsuba with One Hundred Monkeys
description
This all-over design of monkeys is typical for the Noda school of metalworkers (see Walters 51.112 and 51.133). This tsuba also has textile patterning around the central opening.
provenance
William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
late 18th-early 19th century (Edo)
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CC0
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en
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Arms & Armor
tsubas
sword components
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2
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2
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import
dimensionsRaw
Diam: 2 3/4 in. (7 cm)
Source extras
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Japanese
inscriptions
none
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iron
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6194
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JMA
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none
Page inventory
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1
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photo
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8ae016e30a41dea1
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no
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no
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2
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photo
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462c54dd194832e8
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no