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Source Description
Incised snowflakes and flecks of gold leaf cover both sides of the tsuba. A poem about snow is incised on the left side of the front. This is part of a mounted set.
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Document identity
localId
9069
label
Tsuba with Snowflakes and Poem
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Source metadata
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9069
contentType
object
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normalized
title
Tsuba with Snowflakes and Poem
description
Incised snowflakes and flecks of gold leaf cover both sides of the tsuba. A poem about snow is incised on the left side of the front. This is part of a mounted set.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquistion unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1866 (late Edo)
citationUrl
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CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Arms & Armor
tsubas
sword components
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4
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4
source
import
dimensionsRaw
H: 2 15/16 in. (7.4 cm)
Source extras
cul
Japanese
inscriptions
[Inscription] 一乗翁の画[ ]につらて ; [Transliteration] Ichijô-ô no ga [ ] nitsurate; [Translation] Based on a picture by Ichijô-ô; [Date] 慶應二丙寅; [Transliteration] Keio ni hinoe tora; [Translation] Keio 2 (1866) year of the tiger; [Signature] 本郷[ ]光; [Translation] Hongo [ ]mitsu; [Poem] 朝はなや、松のなき、雲に[ ]小雪; [Transliteration] asa ha reya
matsu no naki
kumo ni [ ] koyuki; [Translation] morning ... pine tree ... cloud ... snow
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silver, gold
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5555
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JMA
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none
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