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Source Description
On the front of the tsuba, a full moon slightly obscured by clouds appears at the upper left. Beneath it is a boat in the water. On the reverse, geese are shown in flight. This is part of a mounted set.
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Document identity
localId
37919
label
Tsuba with Boat and Moon
core
obj
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object
citationUrl
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Source metadata
id
37919
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Tsuba with Boat and Moon
description
On the front of the tsuba, a full moon slightly obscured by clouds appears at the upper left. Beneath it is a boat in the water. On the reverse, geese are shown in flight. This is part of a mounted set.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquistion unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1841-1918 (late Edo-Meiji-Taisho)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Arms & Armor
tsubas
sword components
imageCount
3
pageCount
3
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
6.5
height
5.1
depth
0.4
dimensionsRaw
H: 2 9/16 x W: 2 x D: 3/16 in. (6.5 x 5.1 x 0.4 cm)
Source extras
cul
Japanese
style
Iwamoto School
inscriptions
[Signature] 岩本寛斎作; [Transliteration] Iwamoto Kansai saku; [Translation] Made by Iwamoto Kansai
med
silver, gold, sentoku
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6297
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JMA
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none
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photo
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photo
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photo
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