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Source Description
The right side of this tsuba is dominated by flowering bush clover. At the bottom is a cricket. The bush clovers wraps around to the reverse of the tsuba, where a dragon fly is at the upper right. A stream runs along the bottom. The artist's signature is on a gold cartouche.
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Document identity
localId
11247
label
Tsuba with a Cricket and Dragonfly in Bush Clover
core
obj
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object
citationUrl
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3
Source metadata
id
11247
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Tsuba with a Cricket and Dragonfly in Bush Clover
description
The right side of this tsuba is dominated by flowering bush clover. At the bottom is a cricket. The bush clovers wraps around to the reverse of the tsuba, where a dragon fly is at the upper right. A stream runs along the bottom. The artist's signature is on a gold cartouche.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
early 19th century (late Edo)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Arms & Armor
tsubas
sword components
imageCount
3
pageCount
3
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
6
height
5.5
depth
0.5
dimensionsRaw
2 5/16 x 2 1/8 x 3/16 in. (5.95 x 5.46 x 0.45 cm)
Source extras
cul
Japanese
style
Tamagawa School
inscriptions
[Signature] 玉川美英; [Translation] Tamagawa Yoshihide
med
shibuichi, gold, silver,copper, shakudo
creator_ids
3097
collection_ids
JMA
exhibition_ids
none
Page inventory
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1
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photo
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no
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2
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photo
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3
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photo
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