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Source Description
The kashira is decorated with cherry blossoms that match the accompanying fuchi. The menuki is a playful depiction of two Buddhist temple gate guardians ("niô") arm-wrestling. This is part of a mounted set.
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Document identity
localId
79553
label
Tsuka with Cherry Blossoms and Wrestling Gate Guardians
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obj
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object
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3
Source metadata
id
79553
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Tsuka with Cherry Blossoms and Wrestling Gate Guardians
description
The kashira is decorated with cherry blossoms that match the accompanying fuchi. The menuki is a playful depiction of two Buddhist temple gate guardians ("niô") arm-wrestling. This is part of a mounted set.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquistion unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
ca. 1850 (late Edo)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Arms & Armor
tsuka
kashira
menuki
sword components
handles
imageCount
3
pageCount
3
source
import
dimensionsRaw
L: 4 5/16 in. (11 cm)
Source extras
cul
Japanese
inscriptions
[Inscription] In ink on open end: san yi jû yon; [Translation] three yi fourteen (repeated twice)
med
silver, shakudo, sentoku, ray skin, baleen
creator_ids
6194
6112
collection_ids
JMA
exhibition_ids
none
Page inventory
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1
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photo
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62a90dd9b209e049
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no
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no
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2
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photo
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c3367f053a001a01
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no
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no
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3
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photo
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07f56720af2dfffa
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no
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no