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Source Description
The body of a snake appears to emerge from a hole on the right edge of the tsuba and wind down the bottom center. There, the snake's head is depicted with its mouth open and tongue flicking out. On the reverse, a rat (probably the snake's prey) is shown at the left.
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Document identity
localId
1337
label
Tsuba with a Snake and a Rat
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
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4
Source metadata
id
1337
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Tsuba with a Snake and a Rat
description
The body of a snake appears to emerge from a hole on the right edge of the tsuba and wind down the bottom center. There, the snake's head is depicted with its mouth open and tongue flicking out. On the reverse, a rat (probably the snake's prey) is shown at the left.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquistion unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1860 (late Edo)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Arms & Armor
tsubas
sword components
imageCount
4
pageCount
4
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
8.1
height
7.3
depth
0.6
dimensionsRaw
H: 3 3/16 x W: 2 7/8 x D: 1/4 in. (8.09 x 7.3 x 0.58 cm)
Source extras
cul
Japanese
inscriptions
[Date] 万延庚申孟夏; [Transliteration] Manen ka-no-e saru moka; [Translation] Early summer in the year of the monkey
Man-en era (1860); [Inscription] 於; [Transliteration] oite [ ]; [Signature] 松風堂; [Transliteration] Shofudo kan u [ ] kizamu; [Translation] Engraved by Shofudo [ ]
med
iron, shibuichi, shakudo, gold
creator_ids
3730
collection_ids
JMA
exhibition_ids
none
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photo
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