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Source Description
A dead tree extends along the right edge of this tsuba. At its top, just above the hole for the hair pick, sits a bird. On the reverse are faint indications of a landscape.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
14016
label
Tsuba with a Bird in a Tree
core
obj
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object
citationUrl
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3
Source metadata
id
14016
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Tsuba with a Bird in a Tree
description
A dead tree extends along the right edge of this tsuba. At its top, just above the hole for the hair pick, sits a bird. On the reverse are faint indications of a landscape.
provenance
William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
18th-19th century (?) (Edo)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Arms & Armor
tsubas
sword components
imageCount
3
pageCount
3
source
import
dimensionsRaw
2 15/16 in. (7.5 cm)
Source extras
cul
Japanese
inscriptions
[Place] 武州江戸住; [Transliteration] Bushû Edo jû; [Translation] Residing in Edo
Bushu [province]; [Signature] 重光作之; [Transliteration] Shigemitsu kore o tsukuru; [Translation] this was made by Shigemitsu
med
sentoku, gold and silver details
creator_ids
4417
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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3
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photo
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no