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Source Description
This openwork scroll design includes a dragon that moves within the scrollwork. The left half of the tsuba is lightly incised, which may be the preparation to cut that side like the right. This style is called "Nanban," because it derived from foreign influences.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
36199
label
Tsuba with Openwork Scroll and Dragon
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
2
Source metadata
id
36199
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Tsuba with Openwork Scroll and Dragon
description
This openwork scroll design includes a dragon that moves within the scrollwork. The left half of the tsuba is lightly incised, which may be the preparation to cut that side like the right. This style is called "Nanban," because it derived from foreign influences.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
early 19th century (late Edo)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Arms & Armor
tsubas
sword components
imageCount
2
pageCount
2
source
import
dimensionsRaw
2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm)
Source extras
cul
Japanese
style
Namban Style
inscriptions
none
med
iron
creator_ids
6194
collection_ids
JMA
exhibition_ids
none
Page inventory
seq
1
type
photo
mediaId
492aee6a001855fe
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no
hasDescription
no
seq
2
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photo
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45d6f0d9f8840a4e
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no
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no