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Source Description
A flowering gourd vine applied to the iron body in gilt runs along the lower and right edges of this tsuba. The motif repeats on the reverse.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
8028
label
Tsuba with a Flowering Gourd Vine
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obj
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object
citationUrl
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3
Source metadata
id
8028
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Tsuba with a Flowering Gourd Vine
description
A flowering gourd vine applied to the iron body in gilt runs along the lower and right edges of this tsuba. The motif repeats on the reverse.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquistion unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1780-1800 (Edo)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Arms & Armor
tsubas
sword components
imageCount
3
pageCount
3
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
7.2
height
6.9
depth
0.6
dimensionsRaw
H: 2 13/16 x W: 2 11/16 x D: 3/16 in. (7.18 x 6.86 x 0.55 cm)
Source extras
cul
Japanese
inscriptions
[Signature] 菊川久英; [Translation] Kikugawa Hisahide (kao)
med
iron, gilt
creator_ids
6039
collection_ids
JMA
exhibition_ids
none
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1
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photo
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no
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photo
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8d4c8d325e117728
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3
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photo
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70cba09ebfd2e8b2
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no