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Source Description
The kashira is decorated with spring flowers and two butterflies, which contrast to the autumn flowers and dragonflies on the matching fuchi. The copper menuki are in the shape of grasshoppers. This is part of a mounted set.
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Document identity
localId
40163
label
Tsuka with Insects and Flowers
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
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2
Source metadata
id
40163
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Tsuka with Insects and Flowers
description
The kashira is decorated with spring flowers and two butterflies, which contrast to the autumn flowers and dragonflies on the matching fuchi. The copper menuki are in the shape of grasshoppers. This is part of a mounted set.
provenance
William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
19th century (late Edo-Meiji)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Arms & Armor
tsuka
kashira
menuki
sword components
handles
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2
pageCount
2
source
import
dimensionsRaw
L: 4 7/16 in. (11.3 cm)
Source extras
cul
Japanese
inscriptions
none
med
silver, gold, ray skin, copper, sentoku
creator_ids
5956
6194
collection_ids
JMA
exhibition_ids
none
Page inventory
seq
1
type
photo
mediaId
d19945091e365548
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no
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no
seq
2
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photo
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b55d94ebcda4ef58
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no
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no