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Source Description
Various insects are depicted on this tsuba. On the front are two crickets. One cricket is at the upper right, just above the plugged hole for the hair pick. The second cricket is at the lower left. A butterfly is at the upper left, above the utility knife hole and a moth is at the lower right below the hole for the hair pick. On the reverse, a rhinoceros beetle is in the lower left.
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Document identity
localId
647
label
Tsuba with Insects
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
2
Source metadata
id
647
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Tsuba with Insects
description
Various insects are depicted on this tsuba. On the front are two crickets. One cricket is at the upper right, just above the plugged hole for the hair pick. The second cricket is at the lower left. A butterfly is at the upper left, above the utility knife hole and a moth is at the lower right below the hole for the hair pick. On the reverse, a rhinoceros beetle is in the lower left.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
n.d.
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Arms & Armor
tsubas
sword components
imageCount
2
pageCount
2
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
7.7
height
7
depth
0.5
dimensionsRaw
3 x 2 3/4 x 3/16 in. (7.68 x 7 x 0.53 cm)
Source extras
cul
Japanese
inscriptions
none
med
iron, copper, gold, shakudo
creator_ids
6194
collection_ids
JMA
exhibition_ids
none
Page inventory
seq
1
type
photo
mediaId
5b6659e9c31d0f52
hasOcr
no
hasDescription
no
seq
2
type
photo
mediaId
a62aaf7e01fda554
hasOcr
no
hasDescription
no