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Source Description
On the right of this tsuba is a stone rabbit with a branch of plum blossoms in its back. Two birds fly over the central opening. A stream is shown at the lower left. Rabbits are one of the zodiac animals and often depicted in Japanese art. On the reverse are a pine branch by a river and a full moon at the upper right.
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Document identity
localId
20775
label
Tsuba with Stone Rabbit with a Blossoming Plum Branch
core
obj
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object
citationUrl
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4
Source metadata
id
20775
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Tsuba with Stone Rabbit with a Blossoming Plum Branch
description
On the right of this tsuba is a stone rabbit with a branch of plum blossoms in its back. Two birds fly over the central opening. A stream is shown at the lower left. Rabbits are one of the zodiac animals and often depicted in Japanese art. On the reverse are a pine branch by a river and a full moon at the upper right.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1864 (late Edo)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Arms & Armor
tsubas
sword components
imageCount
4
pageCount
4
source
import
dimensionsRaw
2 11/16 in. (6.8 cm)
Source extras
cul
Japanese
inscriptions
[Signature] 寶真斎 壽景; [Translation] Hôshinsai/Toshikage; [Date] 元治黄子中秋; [Transliteration] Genji ki-no-e ne chûshû/(kao); [Translation] Mid-autumn
Genji year of the rat (1864)
med
iron, gilt, gold, silver
creator_ids
3662
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JMA
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none
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photo
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photo
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photo
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photo
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