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Source Description
This tsuba depicts the scene in a garden immediately outside a home. At the right is a building, with a veranda and rice paper doors. At the left, a water basin sits on a stump before a reed fence. Behind the fence, a cherry tree is shown in bloom. In the foreground at the bottom are the rock and step leading to the house. The doors are moveable. When opened, they reveal a scene of two lovers inside the house. Along the bottom of the reverse is a stream with a bridge and birds.
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Document identity
localId
35493
label
Tsuba with Lovers Behind Sliding Doors
core
obj
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object
citationUrl
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3
Source metadata
id
35493
sourceUrl
contentType
object
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normalized
title
Tsuba with Lovers Behind Sliding Doors
description
This tsuba depicts the scene in a garden immediately outside a home. At the right is a building, with a veranda and rice paper doors. At the left, a water basin sits on a stump before a reed fence. Behind the fence, a cherry tree is shown in bloom. In the foreground at the bottom are the rock and step leading to the house. The doors are moveable. When opened, they reveal a scene of two lovers inside the house. Along the bottom of the reverse is a stream with a bridge and birds.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1830 (Edo period)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Arms & Armor
tsubas
sword components
imageCount
3
pageCount
3
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
8.3
height
7.6
dimensionsRaw
H: 3 1/4 × W: 3 in. (8.3 × 7.6 cm)
Source extras
cul
Japanese
inscriptions
[Date] 天保元庚寅仲春; [Transliteration] Tenpô gen tsuchi-no-e tora chûshun; [Translation] second month in the first year of Tenpo (1830)
the year of the tiger; [Signature] 石黒政常; [Translation] Ishiguro Masatsune
dynasty
Edo period
med
iron, copper alloy, gold, gold-copper alloy, silver, copper, gold alloy
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3407
collection_ids
JMA
exhibition_ids
none
Page inventory
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1
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photo
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2
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photo
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photo
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no
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no