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Source Description
The three men seated along the bottom of this tsuba are dressed in the style worn by the classical Heian period court (794-1192). The attributes on the reverse side of the tsuba suggest that they are poets. Those objects are a writing desk, a box on the desk, a floral decoration, and a long strip of paper used for poems known as a "tanzaku." At the upper left on the front is a rolled blind like those used in aristocratic households during the Heian period. Clouds with gold flecks decorate the upper portion of both sides. The smallest grouping of famous classical poets is six. This tsuba may have been made as a pair with another tsuba that together would have depicted the six poets.
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Document identity
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40748
label
Tsuba with Classical Poets
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obj
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object
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Source metadata
id
40748
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contentType
object
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normalized
title
Tsuba with Classical Poets
description
The three men seated along the bottom of this tsuba are dressed in the style worn by the classical Heian period court (794-1192). The attributes on the reverse side of the tsuba suggest that they are poets. Those objects are a writing desk, a box on the desk, a floral decoration, and a long strip of paper used for poems known as a "tanzaku." At the upper left on the front is a rolled blind like those used in aristocratic households during the Heian period. Clouds with gold flecks decorate the upper portion of both sides. The smallest grouping of famous classical poets is six. This tsuba may have been made as a pair with another tsuba that together would have depicted the six poets.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1804-1886 (late Edo-Meiji)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Arms & Armor
tsubas
sword components
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3
pageCount
3
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
8.3
height
7.5
depth
0.4
dimensionsRaw
3 1/4 x 2 15/16 x 3/16 in. (8.25 x 7.46 x 0.42 cm)
Source extras
cul
Japanese
style
Mito School
inscriptions
[Signature] Seiryoken/Katsuhira (kao)
med
silver, gold, copper, shakudo, shibuichi, gilt
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6751
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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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no
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photo
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76ec9621b2a6252a
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3
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photo
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219f8fb670551164
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no