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Source Description
The kashira and metal band around the tsuka are decorated with autumn flowers such as chrysanthemums, maiden flowers and bush clovers. A butterfly is on the kashira and a cricket is on the metal band. This is part of a mounted set.
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Document identity
localId
79564
label
Tsuka with Autumn Flowers
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
2
Source metadata
id
79564
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Tsuka with Autumn Flowers
description
The kashira and metal band around the tsuka are decorated with autumn flowers such as chrysanthemums, maiden flowers and bush clovers. A butterfly is on the kashira and a cricket is on the metal band. 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
1804-1886 (?) (late Edo-Meiji)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Arms & Armor
tsuka
kashira
sword components
handles
imageCount
2
pageCount
2
source
import
dimensionsRaw
L: 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm)
Source extras
cul
Japanese
inscriptions
none
med
silver, gold, shakudo, baleen
creator_ids
6194
6751
collection_ids
JMA
exhibition_ids
none
Page inventory
seq
1
type
photo
mediaId
86dff745057d2ce7
hasOcr
no
hasDescription
no
seq
2
type
photo
mediaId
6e40b0b49d1e8f49
hasOcr
no
hasDescription
no