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Source Description
The kashira is decorated with a rabbit running over waves. According to folklore, female rabbits conceived by doing this on the eighteenth day of the eight month. One menuki is in the shape of a hawk and the other is shaped like in monkey hiding in a rock. This is part of a mounted set.
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Document identity
localId
79672
label
Tsuka with Rabbit, Hawk, and Monkey
core
obj
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object
citationUrl
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3
Source metadata
id
79672
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Tsuka with Rabbit, Hawk, and Monkey
description
The kashira is decorated with a rabbit running over waves. According to folklore, female rabbits conceived by doing this on the eighteenth day of the eight month. One menuki is in the shape of a hawk and the other is shaped like in monkey hiding in a rock. This is part of a mounted set.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquistion unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
mid 19th-early 20th century (Edo-Meiji)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Arms & Armor
tsuka
sword components
handles
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3
pageCount
3
source
import
dimensionsRaw
L: 8 3/4 in. (22.2 cm)
Source extras
cul
Japanese
inscriptions
none
med
gold, shakudo, ray skin, silk cord
creator_ids
6194
3659
collection_ids
JMA
exhibition_ids
none
Page inventory
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1
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photo
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2f03752c22367635
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no
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no
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2
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photo
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1a5306cffe086148
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no
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no
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3
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photo
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fdd77a30a39a574b
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no