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Source Description
Tigers are considered the strongest animal and are often depicted with bamboo. On the front of this tsuba, one tiger has his front paws on the bamboo stalk as though he is about to climb it. A second tiger is at the lower left. On the reverse, a tiger is shown drinking water from a stream.
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Document identity
localId
22247
label
Tsuba with Tigers in Bamboo
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
3
Source metadata
id
22247
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Tsuba with Tigers in Bamboo
description
Tigers are considered the strongest animal and are often depicted with bamboo. On the front of this tsuba, one tiger has his front paws on the bamboo stalk as though he is about to climb it. A second tiger is at the lower left. On the reverse, a tiger is shown drinking water from a stream.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1766-1834 (Edo)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Arms & Armor
tsubas
sword components
imageCount
3
pageCount
3
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
7.7
height
6.7
depth
0.4
dimensionsRaw
3 x 2 5/8 x 3/16 in. (7.65 x 6.67 x 0.42 cm)
Source extras
cul
Japanese
style
Otsuki School
inscriptions
[Signature] 雍州光興; [Translation] Yoshu Mitsuoki (kao)[Signature] 自得斎 寛甫; [Translation] Yôshû Mitsuoki (kao)
med
sentoku, gold, copper
creator_ids
5018
collection_ids
JMA
exhibition_ids
none
Page inventory
seq
1
type
photo
mediaId
99d2d96e097b2c85
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no
hasDescription
no
seq
2
type
photo
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451e49260c582a2b
hasOcr
no
hasDescription
no
seq
3
type
photo
mediaId
bea5005628bbb542
hasOcr
no
hasDescription
no