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Source Description
The tsuka is decorated with a metal band instead of menuki. The band shows a man pushing a boat through reeds. The full moon on the kashira and the reeds give the tsuka an autumn theme. This is part of a mounted set.
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Document identity
localId
79650
label
Tsuka with Man Boating
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
3
Source metadata
id
79650
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Tsuka with Man Boating
description
The tsuka is decorated with a metal band instead of menuki. The band shows a man pushing a boat through reeds. The full moon on the kashira and the reeds give the tsuka an autumn theme. This is part of a mounted set.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquistion unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
19th century (Edo, Meiji)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Arms & Armor
tsuka
sword components
handles
imageCount
3
pageCount
3
source
import
dimensionsRaw
L: 6 5/8 in. (16.8 cm)
Source extras
cul
Japanese
inscriptions
none
med
gold, silver, sentoku, shakudo, baleen
creator_ids
6194
collection_ids
JMA
exhibition_ids
none
Page inventory
seq
1
type
photo
mediaId
1f24135c4a01ef09
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no
hasDescription
no
seq
2
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photo
mediaId
e521e9fa4f94075d
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no
hasDescription
no
seq
3
type
photo
mediaId
7fc62ef63181018c
hasOcr
no
hasDescription
no