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Source Description
Nine different forms of fish and sea creatures are illustrated on this tsuba. All are regularly consumed as part of the Japanese diet. On the front, a spiny lobster is at the lower right. Proceeding around in a clockwise direction are a flounder, a puffer fish, a second flounder, and a sea bream. On the reverse are a snapper, an octopus, an eel, and a flounder.
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Document identity
localId
24729
label
Tsuba with Fish
core
obj
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object
citationUrl
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3
Source metadata
id
24729
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Tsuba with Fish
description
Nine different forms of fish and sea creatures are illustrated on this tsuba. All are regularly consumed as part of the Japanese diet. On the front, a spiny lobster is at the lower right. Proceeding around in a clockwise direction are a flounder, a puffer fish, a second flounder, and a sea bream. On the reverse are a snapper, an octopus, an eel, and a flounder.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1843 (Edo)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Arms & Armor
tsubas
sword components
imageCount
3
pageCount
3
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
8.4
height
7.7
depth
0.5
dimensionsRaw
3 5/16 x 3 x 3/16 in. (8.4 x 7.69 x 0.48 cm)
Source extras
cul
Japanese
style
Ishiguro School
inscriptions
[Signature] 行年六十九歳 壽翁政美; [Transliteration] Konen roku ju kyusai/Juo Masayoshi; [Translation] 69 years old/Juo Masayoshi
med
copper, silver, gold, mother-of-pearl, shakudo, shibuichi
creator_ids
4500
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JMA
exhibition_ids
none
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1
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photo
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photo
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photo
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