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Source Description
Two carps are shown swimming among water milfoil. The background is in a fish egg pattern ("nanako-ji"). This is only the decorative plate of the kozuka.
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Document identity
localId
33838
label
Kozuka with Two Carps
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
2
Source metadata
id
33838
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Kozuka with Two Carps
description
Two carps are shown swimming among water milfoil. The background is in a fish egg pattern ("nanako-ji"). This is only the decorative plate of the kozuka.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
n.d.
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Arms & Armor
kozuka
sword components
handles
imageCount
2
pageCount
2
source
import
dimensionsRaw
3 11/16 in. (9.3 cm) (l.)
Source extras
cul
Japanese
inscriptions
none
med
shakudo, gold
creator_ids
6194
collection_ids
JMA
exhibition_ids
none
Page inventory
seq
1
type
photo
mediaId
7913950dc1238631
hasOcr
no
hasDescription
no
seq
2
type
photo
mediaId
33da5cca2eaf5433
hasOcr
no
hasDescription
no