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Source Description
Shôka (Ch. Jie Hwa [Chieh Hwa]) appeared in a dream to Minamoto no Mitsunaka (912-997) bearing a bow and arrow from her father, Yôyuki (Ch. Yang Yeoki [Yang Yeo-ki]), a divine archer of China. Mitsunaka is shown sleeping on the corresponding fuchi, Walters 51.946.
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Document identity
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29322
label
Kashira with Vision of Shôka Bearing Bow and Arrows
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object
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1
Source metadata
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29322
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object
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normalized
title
Kashira with Vision of Shôka Bearing Bow and Arrows
description
Shôka (Ch. Jie Hwa [Chieh Hwa]) appeared in a dream to Minamoto no Mitsunaka (912-997) bearing a bow and arrow from her father, Yôyuki (Ch. Yang Yeoki [Yang Yeo-ki]), a divine archer of China. Mitsunaka is shown sleeping on the corresponding fuchi, Walters 51.946.
provenance
William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
n.d.
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CC0
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en
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Arms & Armor
kashira
sword components
handles
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1
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
1 5/16 in. (3.3 cm) (l.)
Source extras
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Japanese
inscriptions
none
med
shibuichi, gold
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6194
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JMA
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none
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1
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0
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photo
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8a84af760efe158d