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Source Description
The Chinese sage Shinnô (Ch. Shen Nong) is shown here sitting with a Chinese boy, who appears to read to him from a scroll. Shinnô is usually shown holding or eating blades of grass and has two small horns on his head. Shinnô is credited with inventing the plow and the harp. He also expanded the number of ideograms for the written language from eight to sixty-four. On the reverse of the tsuba is a waterfall and a pine tree.
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Document identity
localId
35885
label
Tsuba with Shinnô (Ch. Shen Nong)
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
2
Source metadata
id
35885
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Tsuba with Shinnô (Ch. Shen Nong)
description
The Chinese sage Shinnô (Ch. Shen Nong) is shown here sitting with a Chinese boy, who appears to read to him from a scroll. Shinnô is usually shown holding or eating blades of grass and has two small horns on his head. Shinnô is credited with inventing the plow and the harp. He also expanded the number of ideograms for the written language from eight to sixty-four. On the reverse of the tsuba is a waterfall and a pine tree.
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
tsubas
sword components
imageCount
2
pageCount
2
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
7.2
height
7.1
depth
0.5
dimensionsRaw
2 13/16 x 2 3/4 x 3/16 in. (7.16 x 7.06 x 0.51 cm)
Source extras
cul
Japanese
inscriptions
none
med
iron, shibuichi, gold, copper, shakudo
creator_ids
6194
collection_ids
JMA
exhibition_ids
none
Page inventory
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1
type
photo
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50c150d9e1ac5a68
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no
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no
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2
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photo
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a88f79c2aeb99abe
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no
hasDescription
no