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Source Description
Autumn flowers, including chrysanthemums, pampas grass, Chinese bell flowers, and maiden flower, are incised in the tsuka with gold details. The kashira of chrysanthemum roundels on a basket weave background matches the accompanying fuchi by Itô Nobutoshi. This is part of a mounted set.
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Document identity
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79320
label
Tsuka with Autumn Flowers
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obj
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object
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Source metadata
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79320
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object
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normalized
title
Tsuka with Autumn Flowers
description
Autumn flowers, including chrysanthemums, pampas grass, Chinese bell flowers, and maiden flower, are incised in the tsuka with gold details. The kashira of chrysanthemum roundels on a basket weave background matches the accompanying fuchi by Itô Nobutoshi. This is part of a mounted set.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1843-1900 (Meiji)
citationUrl
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CC0
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en
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Arms & Armor
tsuka
kashira
sword components
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3
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3
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import
dimensionsRaw
L: 4 13/16 in. (12.3 cm)
Source extras
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Japanese
inscriptions
none
med
silver, gold
creator_ids
6922
4995
collection_ids
JMA
exhibition_ids
none
Page inventory
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1
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photo
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7ec04af58ddbd7bf
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no
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2
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photo
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87d8b06045666b2b
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3
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photo
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ac359fc5c1403102
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no
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no