Ask the Scholar
Document scope · 3 pages
Scholar
Ask about this object, its catalog metadata, its source description, or the page inventory.
For page-specific OCR and visual context, open one of the page chats.
Source Description
The tsuka is wrapped with silk cord over a base of ray skin. The menuki, held in place by the cord, are in the shape of chrysanthemum flowers. The kashira matches the fuchi mounted with the same sword. It shows a heron flying beneath a moon. This is part of a mounted set.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
79198
label
Tsuka with Chrysanthemums and Heron
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
3
Source metadata
id
79198
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Tsuka with Chrysanthemums and Heron
description
The tsuka is wrapped with silk cord over a base of ray skin. The menuki, held in place by the cord, are in the shape of chrysanthemum flowers. The kashira matches the fuchi mounted with the same sword. It shows a heron flying beneath a moon. This is part of a mounted set.
provenance
William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1838 (Edo)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Arms & Armor
tsuka
menuki
kashira
sword components
handles
imageCount
3
pageCount
3
source
import
dimensionsRaw
L: 6 3/16 in. (15.7 cm)
Source extras
cul
Japanese
inscriptions
none
med
black lacquer, bamboo, ray skin, gold
creator_ids
6194
4500
collection_ids
JMA
exhibition_ids
none
Page inventory
seq
1
type
photo
mediaId
04153e6f863369c6
hasOcr
no
hasDescription
no
seq
2
type
photo
mediaId
fe486001942c7eee
hasOcr
no
hasDescription
no
seq
3
type
photo
mediaId
ac1aad34644e7abc
hasOcr
no
hasDescription
no