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Source Description
Two orchids and leaves are tied to a spade. The background is a fish egg pattern ("nanakoji") with a raised rim. The artist signed the kozuka on the reverse.
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Document identity
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39185
label
Kozuka with a Spade and Orchids
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obj
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object
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3
Source metadata
id
39185
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Kozuka with a Spade and Orchids
description
Two orchids and leaves are tied to a spade. The background is a fish egg pattern ("nanakoji") with a raised rim. The artist signed the kozuka on the reverse.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1818-1882 (late Edo-Meiji)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Arms & Armor
kozuka
sword components
handles
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3
pageCount
3
source
import
dimensionsRaw
L: 3 3/4 in. (9.6 cm)
Source extras
cul
Japanese
style
Goto School
inscriptions
[Signature] 平安城 今井永武; [Translation] Heianjô Imai Nagatake; [Number] On sticker edged with a blue trellis pattern: 378
med
shakudo, gold, silver, copper
creator_ids
3244
collection_ids
JMA
exhibition_ids
none
Page inventory
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1
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photo
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2
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photo
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3
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photo
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