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Source Description
Each of the menuki is in the shape of a flower and leaves. On the kashira, an owl sits in branches and a sparrow is in flight. This is part of a mounted set.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
79534
label
Tsuka with Flowers Birds
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
2
Source metadata
id
79534
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Tsuka with Flowers Birds
description
Each of the menuki is in the shape of a flower and leaves. On the kashira, an owl sits in branches and a sparrow is in flight. This is part of a mounted set.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1st half 19th century (?) (late Edo)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Arms & Armor
tsuka
menuki
kashira
sword components
handles
imageCount
2
pageCount
2
source
import
dimensionsRaw
L: 4 3/8 in. (11.1 cm)
Source extras
cul
Japanese
inscriptions
none
med
silver, gold, shakudo, sentoku, ray skin
creator_ids
6194
6107
collection_ids
JMA
exhibition_ids
none
Page inventory
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1
type
photo
mediaId
198b9939311af907
hasOcr
no
hasDescription
no
seq
2
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photo
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8b806c8f2bc045ab
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no
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no