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Fuchigashira, sword guards, etc

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Fuchigashira, sword guards, 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)
Metalwork -- Japan
Bodhidharma, active 6th century
Genres
Photographs
Notes
Content: Numbers (1415, 1418, 1423-1424, 1426, 1428-1429, 1431, 1433) printed on image. Items no. 1415 and 1418 are tsuba (sword guards); nos. 1423, 1426, 1428, 1429, 1433 are fuchigashira (cap and ring located on the handle of a sword); no. 1424 is menuki (decoration); no. 1431 is kozuka (knife grip). Inscription on sword guard (no. 1418): "Iwamoto Konkan."
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: 33333159304688
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 6127bad0-c54f-012f-3b21-58d385a7bc34
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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. "Fuchigashira, sword guards, etc" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1911. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e1-1526-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Chicago/Turabian Format

The New York Public Library. "Fuchigashira, sword guards, etc" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 18, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e1-1526-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

APA Format

The New York Public Library. (1911). Fuchigashira, sword guards, etc Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e1-1526-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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Fuchigashira, sword guards, etc