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Source Description
The decoration on this tsuba is confined to the raised rim. At the upper left edge sits a fly. One spider is below it. Another spider is along the upper right edge as though approaching the fly. There is also a cherry blossom on the lower edge. This tsuba is one of a pair with Walters 51.392 and had a matching lacquer box.
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Document identity
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3238
label
Tsuba with Fly and Spiders
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Source metadata
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title
Tsuba with Fly and Spiders
description
The decoration on this tsuba is confined to the raised rim. At the upper left edge sits a fly. One spider is below it. Another spider is along the upper right edge as though approaching the fly. There is also a cherry blossom on the lower edge. This tsuba is one of a pair with Walters 51.392 and had a matching lacquer box.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1st half 18th century (mid Edo)
citationUrl
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CC0
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en
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Arms & Armor
tsubas
sword components
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3
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3
source
import
dimensionsRaw
2 9/16 in. (6.5 cm)
Source extras
cul
Japanese
inscriptions
[Signature and Place] 越前府住 廣次作; [Transliteration] Echizen fu jû/Hirotsugu saku; [Translation] Residing in Echizen (province)/made by Hirotsugu
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37033
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iron
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4622
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JMA
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none
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