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Source Description
At the right of the tsuba is a temple bell surrounded by cherry blossoms. Two sparrows fly across the upper left. On the reverse, driving rain obscures the scene of a building in the background with a pine tree on the left. At the bottom is a pine branch supported by logs. This is part of a mounted set.
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Document identity
localId
40138
label
Tsuba with Temple Bell and Sparrows
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obj
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object
citationUrl
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3
Source metadata
id
40138
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Tsuba with Temple Bell and Sparrows
description
At the right of the tsuba is a temple bell surrounded by cherry blossoms. Two sparrows fly across the upper left. On the reverse, driving rain obscures the scene of a building in the background with a pine tree on the left. At the bottom is a pine branch supported by logs. This is part of a mounted set.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1855 (late Edo)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Arms & Armor
tsubas
sword components
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3
pageCount
3
source
import
dimensionsRaw
H: 2 5/8 in. (6.6 cm)
Source extras
cul
Japanese
inscriptions
[Date] On bell: 安政二乙卯; [Transliteration] Ansei ni kinoto u; [Translation] Ansei 2 (1855)
year of the rabbit; [Signature] 利廣; [Translation] Toshihiro (kao)
med
shakudo, copper, silver, gold
creator_ids
16500
collection_ids
JMA
exhibition_ids
none
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1
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photo
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no
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no
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2
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photo
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no
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no
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3
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photo
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9029ea761a5ef3a6
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no
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no