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Source Description
A spiny lobster is represented in gold. Lobsters are auspicious signs of longevity because their backs curve like that of an elderly person.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
9543
label
Kozuka with a Spiny Lobster
core
obj
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object
citationUrl
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3
Source metadata
id
9543
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Kozuka with a Spiny Lobster
description
A spiny lobster is represented in gold. Lobsters are auspicious signs of longevity because their backs curve like that of an elderly person.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1729-1791 (Edo)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Arms & Armor
kozuka
sword components
handles
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3
pageCount
3
source
import
dimensionsRaw
L: 3 7/8 in. (9.8 cm)
Source extras
cul
Japanese
inscriptions
[Signature] 中村正次; [Translation] Nakamura Masatsugu (kao); [Number] On sticker with blue border: 682
med
shakudo, gold
creator_ids
1986
collection_ids
JMA
exhibition_ids
none
Page inventory
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1
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photo
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0944568c880718bb
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no
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no
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2
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photo
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5ec27302d8ff7bb0
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no
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no
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3
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photo
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a443037f52f77383
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no
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no