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Source Description
Several overlapping leaves form the body of the tsuba. The edge is decorated with cherry blossoms. This is part of a mounted set in which most pieces are signed by Okamoto Tomokata.
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Document identity
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19191
label
Tsuba with Leaves and Cherry Blossoms
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object
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Source metadata
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19191
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object
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normalized
title
Tsuba with Leaves and Cherry Blossoms
description
Several overlapping leaves form the body of the tsuba. The edge is decorated with cherry blossoms. This is part of a mounted set in which most pieces are signed by Okamoto Tomokata.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
late 18th-early 19th century (late Edo)
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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
L: 2 3/4 in. (7 cm)
Source extras
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Japanese
style
Okamoto School
inscriptions
[Inscription] 長門 友賢作; [Transliteration] Nagato / Tomokata saku; [Translation] Made in Nagato by Tomokata
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iron
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5415
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JMA
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none
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