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Source Description
A gold tiger with black shakudo stripes is shown crouched near bamboo. Tigers and bamboo are commonly paired on sword fittings. They represent the acceptance of the strong (tiger) by the weak (bamboo).
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
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36450
label
Fuchi with Tiger and Bamboo
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object
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Source metadata
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36450
sourceUrl
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object
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normalized
title
Fuchi with Tiger and Bamboo
description
A gold tiger with black shakudo stripes is shown crouched near bamboo. Tigers and bamboo are commonly paired on sword fittings. They represent the acceptance of the strong (tiger) by the weak (bamboo).
provenance
William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
mid 19th century (late Edo-Meiji)
citationUrl
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CC0
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en
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Arms & Armor
fuchi
sword components
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3
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3
source
import
dimensionsRaw
1 9/16 in. (3.9 cm) (l.)
Source extras
cul
Japanese
inscriptions
[Signature] 江川宗孝作; [Translation] Egawa Munetaka saku
med
shibuichi, gold
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3326
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JMA
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none
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photo
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photo
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photo
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