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Tsuba with Deer Caught in a Storm

Creator Name

Tanaka Kiyotoshi

Cultural Context

Japanese

Date

Creation: 1846-1876 (late Edo-early Meiji)

About the Work

Walters Art Museum Object Description
This tsuba shows two deer, a stag and a doe, caught in a river during a rain storm. The deer appear at the lower right of the tsuba. Behind them is a maple tree. The river runs along the bottom of the tsuba and up the left side. Rain is indicated by incised lines from the upper left. On the reverse, a deer is on a promontory at the upper left looking down on boats caught in the storm.For the latest information about this object, Tsuba with Deer Caught in a Storm, visit the Online Collection of the Walters Art Museum.

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Title

Tsuba with Deer Caught in a Storm

Creator

Tanaka Kiyotoshi, male

Worktype

Arms & Armor; tsubas; sword components

Cultural Context

Japanese

Material

iron, gold

Dimensions

3 1/8 in. (7.9 cm)

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Date

Creation: 1846-1876 (late Edo-early Meiji)

Provenance

Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Style Period

Toryusai School

Rights

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CC0;
GNU Free Documentation License

Inscription

[Signature] 一家式; [Translation]; Ikkashi; [Signature] 壽叟法眼 ; [Translation] Jusô Hôgen/(kao)

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