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Source Description
On the front of this tsuba, two horses are shown tied to pine trees. Branches of the pine trees extend across the top. The horses are at the lower right. On the reverse are two court attendants near a curtain and fence rails. The fence seems to indicate the racing track from the annual horse races at Kamigamo shrine in Kyoto. The curtain would have been hung to shield high ranking spectators, such as the riders of the horses on the front.
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Document identity
localId
5684
label
Tsuba with Horses and Court Attendants
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obj
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object
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3
Source metadata
id
5684
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Tsuba with Horses and Court Attendants
description
On the front of this tsuba, two horses are shown tied to pine trees. Branches of the pine trees extend across the top. The horses are at the lower right. On the reverse are two court attendants near a curtain and fence rails. The fence seems to indicate the racing track from the annual horse races at Kamigamo shrine in Kyoto. The curtain would have been hung to shield high ranking spectators, such as the riders of the horses on the front.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
late 18th-early 19th century (late Edo)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Arms & Armor
tsubas
sword components
imageCount
3
pageCount
3
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
6.4
height
5.9
depth
0.6
dimensionsRaw
2 1/2 x 2 5/16 x 1/4 in. (6.35 x 5.88 x 0.58 cm)
Source extras
cul
Japanese
style
Otsuki School
inscriptions
[Signature] 松下亭 元廣; [Translation] Shokatei; Motohiro
med
iron, gold, silver, shibuichi
creator_ids
4924
collection_ids
JMA
exhibition_ids
none
Page inventory
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1
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photo
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ca9488ea4fffa147
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no
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no
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2
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photo
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767c0ec9d1360696
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no
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no
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3
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photo
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cc06895d9fe259b4
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no
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no