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Source Description
This tsuba shows four separate motifs by four individual artists. Each artist signed his own name on a small plaque near the motif he made. This is a typical style for the Arikawa family from Mito. On the front are a blow fish (signed by Kiyomasa), a mask used in comedic performances (signed by Sanemasa), and sea shells (with an illegible signature). On the reverse is another small grouping of shells (signed by Naoharu). The artists on this tsuba are obscure and may be minor students of the Arikawa school.
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Document identity
localId
23871
label
Tsuba with Fish, Shells and Mask
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
2
Source metadata
id
23871
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Tsuba with Fish, Shells and Mask
description
This tsuba shows four separate motifs by four individual artists. Each artist signed his own name on a small plaque near the motif he made. This is a typical style for the Arikawa family from Mito. On the front are a blow fish (signed by Kiyomasa), a mask used in comedic performances (signed by Sanemasa), and sea shells (with an illegible signature). On the reverse is another small grouping of shells (signed by Naoharu). The artists on this tsuba are obscure and may be minor students of the Arikawa school.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquistion unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
ca. 1800-1850 (late Edo)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Arms & Armor
tsubas
sword components
imageCount
2
pageCount
2
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
7.8
height
7.3
depth
0.4
dimensionsRaw
H: 3 1/16 x W: 2 7/8 x D: 3/16 in. (7.84 x 7.26 x 0.4 cm)
Source extras
cul
Japanese
inscriptions
[Signature] 清正; [Translation] Kiyomasa; [Signature] 真正; [Translation] Sanemasa; [Signature] 友[ ] ; [Translation] Tomo[unread]; [Signature] 直春; [Translation] Naoharu
med
iron, copper, shibuichi, gold
creator_ids
16455
16456
6194
6169
collection_ids
JMA
exhibition_ids
none
Page inventory
seq
1
type
photo
mediaId
33a09626fae1db65
hasOcr
no
hasDescription
no
seq
2
type
photo
mediaId
1de39cec05911632
hasOcr
no
hasDescription
no