Ask the Scholar
Page 3 of 3
I can add historical knowledge about this page.
Page image
Document source description
On the right side of this tsuba are four monkeys grooming each other. An adult holds a young monkey at the rear of the grouping. In the front, another young monkey hangs upside down from the arm of the second adult. The reverse shows an overhanging rock on the right with a stream along the bottom. As in the west, monkeys were often anthropomorphized in Japanese legends and art.
Page data
- Page
- 3
- Source index
- 0
- Type
- photo
- Media ID
- e96e2378fe09b554
- Size
- unknown
Document data
- ID
- 26774
- Core
- obj
- Type
- object
DTO data
{
"id": "26774",
"sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.297",
"contentType": "object",
"stage": "normalized",
"title": "Tsuba with Monkeys",
"description": "On the right side of this tsuba are four monkeys grooming each other. An adult holds a young monkey at the rear of the grouping. In the front, another young monkey hangs upside down from the arm of the second adult. The reverse shows an overhanging rock on the right with a stream along the bottom. As in the west, monkeys were often anthropomorphized in Japanese legends and art.",
"provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
"date": "1764-1837 (Edo)",
"citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.297",
"rightsUri": "CC0",
"language": "en",
"genreSpecific": [
"Arms & Armor",
"tsubas",
"sword components"
],
"iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.297_Back_DD_JP08.jpg",
"thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.297_Back_DD_JP08.jpg",
"largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.297_Back_DD_JP08.jpg",
"imageCount": 3,
"pageCount": 3,
"source": "import",
"dimensions": [
{
"units": "cm",
"width": 7.8,
"height": 7.4,
"depth": 0.5
}
],
"dimensionsRaw": "3 1/16 x 2 15/16 x 3/16 in. (7.84 x 7.41 x 0.48 cm)"
}
Context sent to Scholar
Document identity
{
"localId": "26774",
"label": "Tsuba with Monkeys",
"core": "obj",
"dtoType": "object",
"citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.297"
}
Document source metadata
{
"id": "26774",
"sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.297",
"contentType": "object",
"stage": "normalized",
"title": "Tsuba with Monkeys",
"description": "On the right side of this tsuba are four monkeys grooming each other. An adult holds a young monkey at the rear of the grouping. In the front, another young monkey hangs upside down from the arm of the second adult. The reverse shows an overhanging rock on the right with a stream along the bottom. As in the west, monkeys were often anthropomorphized in Japanese legends and art.",
"provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
"date": "1764-1837 (Edo)",
"citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.297",
"rightsUri": "CC0",
"language": "en",
"genreSpecific": [
"Arms & Armor",
"tsubas",
"sword components"
],
"iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.297_Back_DD_JP08.jpg",
"thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.297_Back_DD_JP08.jpg",
"largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.297_Back_DD_JP08.jpg",
"imageCount": 3,
"pageCount": 3,
"source": "import",
"dimensions": [
{
"units": "cm",
"width": 7.8,
"height": 7.4,
"depth": 0.5
}
],
"dimensionsRaw": "3 1/16 x 2 15/16 x 3/16 in. (7.84 x 7.41 x 0.48 cm)"
}
Document source extras
{
"cul": "Japanese",
"style": "Hamano School",
"inscriptions": "[Signature] 政盧作; [Translation] Masayoshi saku",
"med": "copper alloy, shibuichi (silver (?)), shakudo, gold",
"creator_ids": [
"2596"
],
"collection_ids": [
"JMA"
],
"exhibition_ids": []
}
Page context
{
"seq": 3,
"pageIndex": 0,
"type": "photo",
"url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS3_51.297_MrkA_DD_JP08.jpg",
"mediaId": "e96e2378fe09b554"
}