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Source Description
Two menuki are held to the tsuka by silk cord wrapped around the handle. Each menuki is in the shape of a rider on a horse. The kashira depicts a Chinese-style lion ("shishi"). The background of the tsuka is ray skin. This is part of a mounted set.
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Document identity
localId
79157
label
Tsuka with Menuki of Mounted Riders
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
2
Source metadata
id
79157
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Tsuka with Menuki of Mounted Riders
description
Two menuki are held to the tsuka by silk cord wrapped around the handle. Each menuki is in the shape of a rider on a horse. The kashira depicts a Chinese-style lion ("shishi"). The background of the tsuka is ray skin. This is part of a mounted set.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
18th-19th century (Edo)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Arms & Armor
tsuka
menuki
kashira
sword components
handles
imageCount
2
pageCount
2
source
import
dimensionsRaw
L: 5 3/4 in. (14.6 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
none
med
rayskin, silk cord (ito-maki), shakudo, gold
creator_ids
6194
collection_ids
JMA
exhibition_ids
none
Page inventory
seq
1
type
photo
mediaId
b3ea36af206099cb
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no
hasDescription
no
seq
2
type
photo
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1169a2ce3927c398
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no
hasDescription
no