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Source Description
A crow and a heron are perched on a pine branch at the lower right side of this tsuba. The heron is made of silver, and the crow is made of a copper alloy. The silver of the heron would have originally been white. The white heron and the black crow appear as a metaphor for the pairing of opposites or ying and yang. Incised lines indicate rain. There is a pine branch on the reverse.
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Document identity
localId
33399
label
Tsuba with a Crow and a Heron on a Pine Branch in Rain
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object
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3
Source metadata
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33399
sourceUrl
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object
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normalized
title
Tsuba with a Crow and a Heron on a Pine Branch in Rain
description
A crow and a heron are perched on a pine branch at the lower right side of this tsuba. The heron is made of silver, and the crow is made of a copper alloy. The silver of the heron would have originally been white. The white heron and the black crow appear as a metaphor for the pairing of opposites or ying and yang. Incised lines indicate rain. There is a pine branch on the reverse.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
mid 19th century (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
6.1
height
5.7
depth
0.4
dimensionsRaw
2 3/8 x 2 1/4 x 3/16 in. (6.1 x 5.7 x 0.43 cm)
Source extras
cul
Japanese
inscriptions
[Signature] 伯量 ; [Translation] Hakuryu
med
copper, gold and silver detail
creator_ids
5613
collection_ids
JMA
exhibition_ids
none
Page inventory
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1
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photo
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no
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no
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photo
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e54d8076f3639720
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3
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photo
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7f874c355d51bcce
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