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Source Description
At the top of this tsuba, a bat in flight is shown in front of a slender crescent moon. At the bottom is a grave marker that has fallen over on its side. Next to the marker are chrysanthemums and a rock. A snake crawls across the top of the marker. This may be an allusion to a story about Ono no Komachi, a 9th-century poet. The story is told in the Noh play "Sotoba Komachi."
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Document identity
localId
4294
label
Tsuba with a Fallen Grave Maker
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obj
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object
citationUrl
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3
Source metadata
id
4294
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Tsuba with a Fallen Grave Maker
description
At the top of this tsuba, a bat in flight is shown in front of a slender crescent moon. At the bottom is a grave marker that has fallen over on its side. Next to the marker are chrysanthemums and a rock. A snake crawls across the top of the marker. This may be an allusion to a story about Ono no Komachi, a 9th-century poet. The story is told in the Noh play "Sotoba Komachi."
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
ca.1650-1700 (Edo)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Arms & Armor
tsubas
sword components
imageCount
3
pageCount
3
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
7.1
height
6.8
depth
0.4
dimensionsRaw
2 13/16 x 2 11/16 x 1/8 in. (7.14 x 6.84 x 0.38 cm)
Source extras
cul
Japanese
inscriptions
[Bonji inscription possibly containing the characters for Fugen Bosatsu and Senju Kannon in Sanskrit]; [Signature] 信時; [Translation] Nobutoki
med
iron, copper, gold, silver, shakudo
creator_ids
4220
collection_ids
JMA
exhibition_ids
none
Page inventory
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1
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photo
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2596cf1780891da9
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no
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no
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2
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photo
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8cf09f9517d7e515
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no
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no
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3
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photo
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893d3145a1787338
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no
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no