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Source Description
A crane is shown in waves at the lower right of the tsuba. Along the right and upper right is the blossoming and fruiting branch of a peach tree. A large full moon in gold is in the background. On the reverse, another branch is depicted at the upper left. A large rock fills the composition, with waves crashing into it at the lower left. Cranes and peaches are both symbols of longevity.
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Document identity
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29682
label
Tsuba with Cranes and Peach Trees
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Source metadata
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29682
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title
Tsuba with Cranes and Peach Trees
description
A crane is shown in waves at the lower right of the tsuba. Along the right and upper right is the blossoming and fruiting branch of a peach tree. A large full moon in gold is in the background. On the reverse, another branch is depicted at the upper left. A large rock fills the composition, with waves crashing into it at the lower left. Cranes and peaches are both symbols of longevity.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1866 (late Edo)
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CC0
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en
genreSpecific
Arms & Armor
tsubas
sword components
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4
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4
source
import
dimensionsRaw
3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm)
Source extras
cul
Japanese
inscriptions
[Date] 慶應二丙寅仲冬; [Transliteration] Keio ni hi-no-e tora chuto; [Translation] The second year of Keio (1866)
year of the tiger
mid-winter; [Signature] 壽親; [Translation] Toshichika
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iron with gold, silver and copper detail
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6580
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JMA
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none
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