Dagger Depicting Tamatori Retrieving the Sacred Jewel from the Sea

Fukawa Kazunori (Japanese, 1824-1876) (Metalworker)

Hamano Masanobu (Japanese, born 1773) (Metalworker)

Ishiguro Masaaki (Japanese, 1813-1837) (Metalworker)

1854 (Nambokucho-late Edo)

steel, gold, copper, copper alloy, silver alloy, wood, textile, shakudo, shibuichi, sentoku (?)
(Arms and Armor , Japan and Korea )

Inscription

[Translation] Place, Bi... (only the first kanji remains); [Signature] Ishiguro Masaaki; [Signature] Otsuryuken Miboku; [Transcription] Oju Kyogaishi Fugawa Kazunori sen, Kaei nana Ko-in nen shuban; [Translation] Carved on special order by Kyogaishi Fugawa Kazunori, Kaei 7 (1854) late spring; [Translation] Bishu province

Provenance

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

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Geographies

Japan, Tokyo (Place of Origin) Japan, Aichi (Owari Province) (Place of Origin)

Measurements

mounted blade: 10 in. (25.4 cm) (l.)

Credit Line

Acquired by Henry Walters

Location in Museum

Not on view

Accession Number

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51.1204

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