Tsuba with the Boat Bridge (""Funabashi"") at Sano

ca. 1825 (late Edo) H: 2 5/8 in. (6.6 cm) Citation Source image

Along the right side of the tsuba, a series of boats are tied together creating a bridge known as a "funabashi" (lit. boat bridge). A pine tree at the bottom indicates the shore. On the reverse, pine trees are shown along a river bank. A poem from the classical poetry collecti...

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