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Source Description
A large chrysanthemum with leaves dominates the kashira. Each menuki is in the shape of chrysanthemums with a traditionally bound book. An inscription in ink on the end of tsuka implies the sword was mounted in Asakusa, Tokyo. This is part of a mounted set.
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Document identity
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15786
label
Tsuka with Chrysanthemums
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obj
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object
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Source metadata
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15786
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Tsuka with Chrysanthemums
description
A large chrysanthemum with leaves dominates the kashira. Each menuki is in the shape of chrysanthemums with a traditionally bound book. An inscription in ink on the end of tsuka implies the sword was mounted in Asakusa, Tokyo. This is part of a mounted set.
provenance
William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1868-1912 (Meiji)
citationUrl
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CC0
language
en
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Arms & Armor
tsuka
sword components
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4
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4
source
import
dimensionsRaw
L: 4 1/8 in. (10.4 cm)
Source extras
cul
Japanese
inscriptions
[inscription] In ink on tsuka: 大日本東京赤坂 [ ] [ ]; [Transliteration] Dainihon Tokyo Akasaka [ ] [ ]
med
shakudo, silver, gold, ray skin
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6194
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JMA
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none
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