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Source Description
This tsuba has three small sacred jewels on the right and a larger one on the left that is incorporated into the opening for the utility knife. At the bottom of the opening is a fifth small jewel. These jewels are Buddhist symbols of spiritual, not material, wealth.
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Document identity
localId
20894
label
Tsuba with Sacred Jewels (""Tama"")
core
obj
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object
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3
Source metadata
id
20894
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Tsuba with Sacred Jewels (""Tama"")
description
This tsuba has three small sacred jewels on the right and a larger one on the left that is incorporated into the opening for the utility knife. At the bottom of the opening is a fifth small jewel. These jewels are Buddhist symbols of spiritual, not material, wealth.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1865 (Edo-Meiji)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Arms & Armor
tsubas
sword components
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3
pageCount
3
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
6.8
height
6.3
depth
0.4
dimensionsRaw
H: 2 11/16 x W: 2 7/16 x D: 3/16 in. (6.8 x 6.25 x 0.42 cm)
Source extras
cul
Japanese
inscriptions
[Signature] On obverse: 一家式; [Translation] Ikkashi; [Inscription] Raised on obverse: 不磨無光; [Translation] fuma mukô; [Translation] Without polish
there is no shine.; [Inscription] On reverse: 四子降生 復卦之歳; [Inscription] Chinese phrase: 玉不磨無光; [Inscription] Japanese phrase: 玉磨かざれば光無し; [Signature] On reverse:(kao); [Inscription] Raised on reverse: shishi kôsei; fukuke no sai; [Translation] births of the four great shis (ie. Confucious
Sôshi
Shishi
and Mencius); at the age of sixty-one
med
iron, shibuichi and gold
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6968
collection_ids
JMA
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none
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