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Source Description
This tsuka is designed in the shape of a rocky outcropping with a waterfall. A Chinese-style lion ("shishi") stands at the top of the water. Smaller shishi are scattered throughout the handle along with peony flowers. This is part of a mounted set.
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Document identity
localId
79195
label
Tsuka with Waterfall and Chinese-style Lions
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obj
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object
citationUrl
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4
Source metadata
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79195
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Tsuka with Waterfall and Chinese-style Lions
description
This tsuka is designed in the shape of a rocky outcropping with a waterfall. A Chinese-style lion ("shishi") stands at the top of the water. Smaller shishi are scattered throughout the handle along with peony flowers. 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
sword components
handles
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4
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4
source
import
dimensionsRaw
L: 9 5/16 in. (23.7 cm)
Source extras
cul
Japanese
inscriptions
[Signature] 東宝斎清次造之; [Transliteration] Tôgyokusai Kiyotsugu tsukuru kore; [Translation] This was made by Tôgyokusai Kiyotsugu
med
silver, gold, shakudo, copper
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4410
collection_ids
JMA
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none
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