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Dagger (aikuchi) with mythological animals in lacquer and metal mountings of chickens (includes 51.1200.1-51.1200.3)

Kanehira (Japanese, Japanese) (Artist)
Nukagawa Yasunori (Japanese, active ca. 1800) (Artist)
Takahashi Kiyotsugu (Japanese, died 1894) (Artist)
- 1894 (late Edo; Meiji; Muromachi)
Dark brown lacquer, steel, gold, copper alloy or sentoku, shakudo, silver, ray skin

Inscription

[Signature] Kanehira saku; [Signature] Kiyotsugu; [Signature] Yasunori

Provenance
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Acquired by Henry Walters before 1931

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Geographies

Gifu (Place of Origin) Mino (Place of Origin)

Japan (Place of Origin)

Hitachi province (Place of Origin)

Measurements

18 1/8 in. (46 cm) (l.) mounted aikuchi

Location in Museum

Not on view

Accession Number

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51.1200

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