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Source Description
Tsuba, fuchi: Bamboo Kashira: Plum bloosoms, bird (sparrow?) Saya: Autumn flowers, plum blossoms.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
17159
label
Dagger (tanto) with silver saya and tsuka (includes 51.1248.1-51.1248.5)
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obj
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object
citationUrl
pageCount
2
Source metadata
id
17159
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Dagger (tanto) with silver saya and tsuka (includes 51.1248.1-51.1248.5)
description
Tsuba, fuchi: Bamboo Kashira: Plum bloosoms, bird (sparrow?) Saya: Autumn flowers, plum blossoms.
date
Ca.1596 (Momoyama; Edo; Meiji; Taisho)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
daggers
tanto
Tanto blade
tsuba
fuchi
kashira
kozuka
saya
tsuka
imageCount
2
pageCount
2
source
import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 17 11/16 in. (45 cm)
Source extras
cul
Japanese
inscriptions
Amida Buddha; [Transcription] Higo daijo Sadakuni; [Transcription] Hideaki horu; [Translation] Sadakuni
Lord of Higo province; [Translation] Engraved by Hideaki
RelatedObjects
32068
29880
26681
79639
med
Silver, gold, steel, shakudo, copper alloy (sentoku)
creator_ids
2376
6098
collection_ids
none
exhibition_ids
none
Page inventory
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1
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photo
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bd0702596f3bba22
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no
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no
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2
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photo
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c4efdcd7cc4d61e9
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no
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no