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Source Description
A sea bream ("tai") is depicted lying on bamboo. The fish is shown as foodstuff, not a living animal. Tai are often eaten at celebratory occasions because the syllable "tai" is part of the word for "auspicious" ("medetai").
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Document identity
localId
38760
label
Kashira with Sea Bream and Bamboo
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
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1
Source metadata
id
38760
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Kashira with Sea Bream and Bamboo
description
A sea bream ("tai") is depicted lying on bamboo. The fish is shown as foodstuff, not a living animal. Tai are often eaten at celebratory occasions because the syllable "tai" is part of the word for "auspicious" ("medetai").
provenance
William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
18th century (?)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Arms & Armor
kashira
sword components
handles
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1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensionsRaw
1 5/16 in. (3.3 cm) (l.)
Source extras
cul
Japanese
inscriptions
none
med
shakudo, shibuichi, gold
creator_ids
6194
collection_ids
JMA
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
4b46b7a2e24d222e