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Source Description
The figure of this horse was cleverly created by cutting away the metal of the tsuba. One of the characters in the artist's name is "horse."
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
25590
label
Tsuba with a Horse in Negative Silhouette
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obj
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object
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3
Source metadata
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25590
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contentType
object
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normalized
title
Tsuba with a Horse in Negative Silhouette
description
The figure of this horse was cleverly created by cutting away the metal of the tsuba. One of the characters in the artist's name is "horse."
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1741-1830 (Edo)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Arms & Armor
tsubas
sword components
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3
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3
source
import
dimensionsRaw
2 13/16 in. (7.2 cm)
Source extras
cul
Japanese
inscriptions
[Signature] 馬面序政; [Translation] Bamen Tsunemasa
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iron
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5317
collection_ids
JMA
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none
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1
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photo
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84daaed937e83a4e
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no
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2
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photo
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cb227e1564009d27
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no
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no
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3
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photo
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77066d5c1bfc39a3
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no
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no