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Sword guards, fuchigashira, etc

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Sword guards, fuchigashira, etc
Collection

Wallach Division Picture Collection

Design -- Japanese

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1911 (Questionable)
Topics
Decoration and ornament -- Japan
Sword guards -- Japan
Fuchigashira
Kozuka
Menuki
Japan-British Exhibition (1910 : London, England)
Animals -- Japan
Metalwork -- Japan
Genres
Photographs
Notes
Content: Numbers (292-293, 959, 966-967, 973, 983) printed on image. Items nos. 959, 967 and 983 are tsuba (sword guards); nos. 966 and 973 are fuchigashira (cap and ring located on the handle of a sword); nos. 962 is kozuka (knife grip); no. 963 is menuki (decoration). Inscription on sword guards: "Yasuchika" (no. 967); "Kinokuni Nakamura Ikkô, Tsunechika" (no. 983). Spots on bottom border.
Source note: An illustrated catalogue of Japanese old fine arts, displayed at the Japan-British Exhibition, London, 1910 : compiled by the office of the Imperial Japanese Government Commission to the Japan-British Exhibition. (Tokyo : The Shimbi Shoin, [1911?]) Japan. Imperial Japanese Government Commission to the Japan-British Exhibition., Author.
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b17139312
Barcode: 33333159305032
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 6cc1a640-c54f-012f-7f26-58d385a7bc34
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The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

Item timeline of events

  • 1911: Issued
  • 2014: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

The New York Public Library. "Sword guards, fuchigashira, etc" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1911. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e1-1514-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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The New York Public Library. "Sword guards, fuchigashira, etc" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 18, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e1-1514-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

APA Format

The New York Public Library. (1911). Sword guards, fuchigashira, etc Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e1-1514-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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