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Source Description
This split kogai is shaped like two sticks of bamboo. A sparrow in flight is attached to one of them. This is part of a mounted set.
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Document identity
localId
79357
label
Kogai with Bamboo and Sparrow
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obj
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object
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2
Source metadata
id
79357
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Kogai with Bamboo and Sparrow
description
This split kogai is shaped like two sticks of bamboo. A sparrow in flight is attached to one of them. 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
19th century (late Edo-Meiji)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Arms & Armor
warikôgai
sword components
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2
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2
source
import
dimensionsRaw
L: 6 in. (15.3 cm)
Source extras
cul
Japanese
inscriptions
none
med
silver, gold, shakudo, copper alloy or sentoku
creator_ids
6194
collection_ids
JMA
exhibition_ids
none
Page inventory
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1
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photo
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6a22fda370138bfe
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no
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no
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2
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photo
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dbb9ff3013bfc87e
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no