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Source Description
This tsuba illustrates a story about the 8th-century Chinese painter Wu Daozi [Tao-tzu], who was said to have painted a picture of a dragon so realistic that it came to life. The tsuba shows the painter in the lower right surrounded by brushes and other tools. The dragon looms over the upper left of the tsuba. On the reverse is a pine tree and bamboo. Both secondary holes have been plugged and the background incising continues across the plugs.
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Document identity
localId
5413
label
Tsuba with Wu Daozi's Dragon Painting Coming to Life
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object
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Source metadata
id
5413
sourceUrl
contentType
object
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normalized
title
Tsuba with Wu Daozi's Dragon Painting Coming to Life
description
This tsuba illustrates a story about the 8th-century Chinese painter Wu Daozi [Tao-tzu], who was said to have painted a picture of a dragon so realistic that it came to life. The tsuba shows the painter in the lower right surrounded by brushes and other tools. The dragon looms over the upper left of the tsuba. On the reverse is a pine tree and bamboo. Both secondary holes have been plugged and the background incising continues across the plugs.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
ca. 1800 (late Edo)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Arms & Armor
tsubas
sword components
imageCount
3
pageCount
3
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
7.2
height
6.9
depth
0.4
dimensionsRaw
2 13/16 x 2 11/16 x 1/8 in. (7.15 x 6.88 x 0.38 cm)
Source extras
cul
Japanese
style
Shimizu School
inscriptions
[Signature] 正壽軒 知久; [Translation] Shojuken/Tomohisa
med
sentoku, gold, copper
creator_ids
5247
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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29317abc3b6fec9e
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no
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3
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photo
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1774caed0835216e
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