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Hoe Blade (Japan)
This is a Hoe blade.
This object is not part of the Cooper Hewitt's permanent collection. It was able to spend time at the museum on loan from National Museum of Natural History as part of Tools: Extending Our Reach.
Tools handcrafted by specialized artisans are accorded particular respect in Japan, where echizen uchihamano, the forged blades made in Echizen Province during the Edo period (1603–1868), are designated as an official traditional craft of Japan. Communities of metal workers began to specialize in tools like this hoe blade as early as the fourteenth century. Subsequent generations of artisans have continued this practice, using virtually identical tools and materials, and seated cross-legged on the floor in the middle of their small workshop. This hoe blade is one of four similar cast iron tools acquired during Commodore Matthew C. Perry’s historic voyages to Japan in 1853–54, which led to the first-of-its-kind collection of Japanese artifacts at the then-new Smithsonian Institution.
It is credited Collected by Commodore Matthew C. Perry in 1853-54, Department of Anthropology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, E376.
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- iron.
- Collected by Commodore Matthew C. Perry in 1853-54, Department of....
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- Drawing, Project for Tapestry Dedicated to Farm Life
- pen and black ink, brush and wash on off-white laid paper.
- Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
- 1911-28-142
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- Drawing, Six Trophies with the Attributes of Gardening
- graphite, pen and ink, brush and gouache on paper.
- Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
- 1911-28-265
- Drawing, Design for a Tractor, Model 720
- brush and black, green, and yellow wash and black, green, and yellow crayon....
- Gift of Henry Dreyfuss.
- 1972-88-387
Its dimensions are
H x W x D: 1.6 x 10.8 x 26 cm (5/8 x 4 1/4 x 10 1/4 in.)
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Tools: Extending Our Reach.
