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Source Description
The man at the right holds a large ladle upon which a cormorant bird is perched. He holds a lease for the bird in his right hand. Cormorants were traditionally used to catch fish in rivers in some parts of Japan. A ring was tied around the bird's neck to prevent it from swallowing the fish it caught. The moon in clouds at the upper left of the tsuba indicates that this is night time, when cormorants were used for fishing. On the reverse is a boat at a river bank.
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Document identity
localId
12777
label
Tsuba with a Cormorant Fisherman
core
obj
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object
citationUrl
pageCount
2
Source metadata
id
12777
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Tsuba with a Cormorant Fisherman
description
The man at the right holds a large ladle upon which a cormorant bird is perched. He holds a lease for the bird in his right hand. Cormorants were traditionally used to catch fish in rivers in some parts of Japan. A ring was tied around the bird's neck to prevent it from swallowing the fish it caught. The moon in clouds at the upper left of the tsuba indicates that this is night time, when cormorants were used for fishing. On the reverse is a boat at a river bank.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
19th century (Edo period)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Arms & Armor
tsubas
sword components
imageCount
2
pageCount
2
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
7
height
6
dimensionsRaw
H: 2 3/4 × W: 2 3/8 in. (7 × 6 cm)
Source extras
cul
Japanese
inscriptions
none
dynasty
Edo period
med
silver-copper alloy, gold, copper
creator_ids
6194
collection_ids
JMA
exhibition_ids
none
Page inventory
seq
1
type
photo
mediaId
37632864c955ca22
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no
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no
seq
2
type
photo
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1750fe81ad5d5025
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no
hasDescription
no