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Source Description
Tied around the shaft of this arrow is a piece of paper containing a message. This was common way of communicating during battles in pre-modern Japan.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
20780
label
Kozuka with an Arrow and a Message
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
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2
Source metadata
id
20780
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Kozuka with an Arrow and a Message
description
Tied around the shaft of this arrow is a piece of paper containing a message. This was common way of communicating during battles in pre-modern Japan.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
n.d.
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Arms & Armor
kozuka
sword components
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imageCount
2
pageCount
2
source
import
dimensionsRaw
3 3/4 in. (9.6 cm) (l.)
Source extras
cul
Japanese
inscriptions
none
med
iron, gold
creator_ids
6194
collection_ids
JMA
exhibition_ids
none
Page inventory
seq
1
type
photo
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30904b1dc3e58b9b
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no
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no
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2
type
photo
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13248def2eb1416d
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no
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no