Ask the Scholar
Document scope · 2 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 menuki are decorated with paulownia crests ("mon"), which were used by the Imperial family and powerful military leaders. Either side of the kashira has a cluster of three paulownia leaves surrounded by flowers. This is part of a mounted set.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
79673
label
Tsuka with Paulownia Motif
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
2
Source metadata
id
79673
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Tsuka with Paulownia Motif
description
The menuki are decorated with paulownia crests ("mon"), which were used by the Imperial family and powerful military leaders. Either side of the kashira has a cluster of three paulownia leaves surrounded by flowers. This is part of a mounted set.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
late 19th century (Meiji)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Arms & Armor
tsuka
sword components
handles
imageCount
2
pageCount
2
source
import
dimensionsRaw
L: 8 1/8 in. (20.6 cm)
Source extras
cul
Japanese
inscriptions
none
med
iron, gold, silver, silk cord
creator_ids
6194
collection_ids
JMA
exhibition_ids
none
Page inventory
seq
1
type
photo
mediaId
fe561d9e83f0b8f0
hasOcr
no
hasDescription
no
seq
2
type
photo
mediaId
ee8b3548f731014c
hasOcr
no
hasDescription
no