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Source Description
On the right side of this tsuba, a whale can be seen swimming through the ocean. At the upper right is a ship, which is possibly hunting the whale. The whale's realistic color is created though the use of a gold and copper alloy called shakudo. The reverse of the tsuba shows a seashore with shells.
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Document identity
localId
37573
label
Tsuba witha Scene of Whale Hunting
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
4
Source metadata
id
37573
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Tsuba witha Scene of Whale Hunting
description
On the right side of this tsuba, a whale can be seen swimming through the ocean. At the upper right is a ship, which is possibly hunting the whale. The whale's realistic color is created though the use of a gold and copper alloy called shakudo. The reverse of the tsuba shows a seashore with shells.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1841 (late Edo)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Arms & Armor
tsubas
sword components
imageCount
4
pageCount
4
source
import
dimensionsRaw
3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm)
Source extras
cul
Japanese
style
Sonobe School
inscriptions
[Transcription] 於忍岡之造; [Transliteration] Shinobu-no-oka ni oite kore o tsukuri; [Translation] This was made in Shinoba-no-Oka; [Transcription] 天保十二年仲春 園部芳英; [Transliteration] Tempo juni nen chushun/Sonobe Yoshihide; [Translation] Early spring of the 12th year of the Tempo era (1841)/Sonobe Yoshihide.
med
silver alloy, shakudo, gold, and gold alloy
creator_ids
2714
collection_ids
JMA
exhibition_ids
none
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photo
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photo
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photo
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photo
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