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Source Description
A tree trunk is shown on the left side of this tsuba. One bird is in the branches at the top of the tree. A second bird is sitting on the trunk at the left. The second bird is depicted in a silhouette cut-out that also forms the opening for the utility knife. On the reverse is a stream and the moon.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
9759
label
Tsuba with Birds in a Spring Willow
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
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4
Source metadata
id
9759
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Tsuba with Birds in a Spring Willow
description
A tree trunk is shown on the left side of this tsuba. One bird is in the branches at the top of the tree. A second bird is sitting on the trunk at the left. The second bird is depicted in a silhouette cut-out that also forms the opening for the utility knife. On the reverse is a stream and the moon.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1846-1876 (late Edo-Meiji)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Arms & Armor
tsubas
sword components
imageCount
4
pageCount
4
source
import
dimensionsRaw
2 3/8 in. (6 cm)
Source extras
cul
Japanese
inscriptions
[Signature] 一家式; [Translation] Ikkashiki; [Signature] 壽叟法眼; [Translation] Jusô Hôgen (kao)
med
copper, gold, silver
creator_ids
6968
collection_ids
JMA
exhibition_ids
none
Page inventory
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1
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photo
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photo
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no
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photo
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no
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photo
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