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Source Description
The front and back of this tsuba are plain. Bamboo is incised along the edge. The artist's signature is on the left edge, under the cut away opening for the kozuka. This is part of a mounted set.
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Document identity
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13424
label
Tsuba with Bamboo
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Source metadata
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13424
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object
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normalized
title
Tsuba with Bamboo
description
The front and back of this tsuba are plain. Bamboo is incised along the edge. The artist's signature is on the left edge, under the cut away opening for the kozuka. This is part of a mounted set.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1830-1894 (late Edo-Meiji)
citationUrl
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CC0
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en
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Arms & Armor
tsubas
sword components
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3
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3
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import
dimensionsRaw
H: 1 13/16 in. (4.6 cm)
Source extras
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Japanese
inscriptions
[Signature] 秀楽; [Translation] Shûraku (kao)
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shakudo
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5038
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JMA
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none
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