Ask the Scholar
Document scope · 3 pages
Scholar
Ask about this object, its catalog metadata, its source description, or the page inventory.
For page-specific OCR and visual context, open one of the page chats.
Source Description
The tsuka is wrapped with a white silk cord that holds in place the two menuki. One menuki is in the shape of a rooster and the other is in the shape of a chicken. The hollyhock kashira matches the fuchi mounted on the same sword. This is part of a mounted set.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
79199
label
Tsuka with Rooster, Chicken, and Hollyhock
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
3
Source metadata
id
79199
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Tsuka with Rooster, Chicken, and Hollyhock
description
The tsuka is wrapped with a white silk cord that holds in place the two menuki. One menuki is in the shape of a rooster and the other is in the shape of a chicken. The hollyhock kashira matches the fuchi mounted on the same sword. This is part of a mounted set.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
19th century (Edo)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Arms & Armor
tsuka
kashira
menuki
sword components
handles
imageCount
3
pageCount
3
source
import
dimensionsRaw
L: 8 7/16 in. (21.4 cm)
Source extras
cul
Japanese
inscriptions
none
med
black lacquer with green netting, silver, gold, shakudo, shibuichi, sentoku
creator_ids
6194
4468
collection_ids
JMA
exhibition_ids
none
Page inventory
seq
1
type
photo
mediaId
a1d4cabcae777564
hasOcr
no
hasDescription
no
seq
2
type
photo
mediaId
cdc720c0c001f8db
hasOcr
no
hasDescription
no
seq
3
type
photo
mediaId
0ebddfb6bfafa358
hasOcr
no
hasDescription
no