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Source Description
Four roundels contain a cricket, a moth, a beetle, and a praying mantis. Flowers decorate the reverse. This is likely a product of the Kaga School.
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Document identity
localId
140
label
Kogai with Insects in Roundels
core
obj
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object
citationUrl
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2
Source metadata
id
140
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Kogai with Insects in Roundels
description
Four roundels contain a cricket, a moth, a beetle, and a praying mantis. Flowers decorate the reverse. This is likely a product of the Kaga School.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
late 18th-mid 19th century (Edo)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Arms & Armor
kogai
sword components
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2
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2
source
import
dimensionsRaw
8 5/16 in. (21.1 cm) (l.)
Source extras
cul
Japanese
inscriptions
none
med
shibuichi and gold
creator_ids
6194
collection_ids
JMA
exhibition_ids
none
Page inventory
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1
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photo
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fbcd36ef3a7d2533
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no
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no
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2
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photo
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afa24af0e229ebeb
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no
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no