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Source Description
Standing on a charging bull at the right side of this tsuba is the Buddhist deity Marishiten. She is known as the Queen of Heaven, despite her masculine appearance. She has three faces. Her six arms (normally eight) carry a sword, a bow and arrow, and a spear. She is believed to reside in the stars of Ursa Major. The inscription on the front says that it was presented by the Suwa clan by orders of the ruler. The Suwa clan controlled the area that is now Nagano prefecture. The reverse has two Suwa oak leaf crests.
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Document identity
localId
25631
label
Tsuba with Marishiten
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object
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4
Source metadata
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25631
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contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Tsuba with Marishiten
description
Standing on a charging bull at the right side of this tsuba is the Buddhist deity Marishiten. She is known as the Queen of Heaven, despite her masculine appearance. She has three faces. Her six arms (normally eight) carry a sword, a bow and arrow, and a spear. She is believed to reside in the stars of Ursa Major. The inscription on the front says that it was presented by the Suwa clan by orders of the ruler. The Suwa clan controlled the area that is now Nagano prefecture. The reverse has two Suwa oak leaf crests.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1793 (Edo)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Arms & Armor
tsubas
sword components
imageCount
4
pageCount
4
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
8.9
height
8.5
depth
0.6
dimensionsRaw
3 1/2 x 3 3/8 x 1/4 in. (8.9 x 8.5 x 0.59 cm)
Source extras
cul
Japanese
inscriptions
[Dedication] 諏訪氏奉君命; [Transliteration] Suwa uji tatematsuru kunmei; [Translation] Presented to the Suwa clan
by orders of the ruler; [Date] 寛政五癸丑歳陽復; [Transliteration] Kansei go mizu-no-to ushi toshi yôfuku; [Translation] Fifth year of Kansei (1793)
the year of the ox
November; [Signature] 謹而鐫岩本昆寛; [Transliteration] kin ji sen Iwamoto Konkan; [Translation] Respectfully engraved by Iwamoto Konkan (kao)
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iron, silver, gold, copper, shakudo
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5392
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JMA
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none
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