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Source Description
Incised lines on the kozuka depict the rush of a waterfall. A carp is shown swimming up the waterfall. This motif represents perseverance. The inscription on the reverse says that the design is by Ichiguro Masatsune (1760-1828).
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Document identity
localId
20484
label
Kozuka with a Carp Leaping a Waterfall
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obj
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object
citationUrl
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4
Source metadata
id
20484
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Kozuka with a Carp Leaping a Waterfall
description
Incised lines on the kozuka depict the rush of a waterfall. A carp is shown swimming up the waterfall. This motif represents perseverance. The inscription on the reverse says that the design is by Ichiguro Masatsune (1760-1828).
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1801 (late Edo)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Arms & Armor
kozuka
sword components
handles
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4
pageCount
4
source
import
dimensionsRaw
3 3/4 in. (9.6 cm) (l.)
Source extras
cul
Japanese
style
Ishiguro School
inscriptions
[Attribution] On reverse: 東嶽子以圖; [Transliteration] Tôgakushi motte zu; [Translation] design by Tôgakushi; [Date] On kozuka: 辛酉初春; [Transliteration] kanoto tori shoshun; [Translation] 1801; [Signature] On kozuka: 壽霍斎 石黒政美; [Translation] Jugakusai Ishiguro Masayoshi
med
shakudo (?), gold (?)
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4500
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JMA
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none
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