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Source Description
This tsuba depicts Enshi (Ch. Yen Tzu), one of the twenty four paragons of filial piety from the Chinese Zhou [Chou] Dynasty (1122-255 BC). Enshi's parents had a eye ailment that could only be cured by deer's milk. His family was too poor to buy the expensive milk, so Enshi disguised himself like a deer in order to get milk directly from does in the herd near his home. The tsuba depicts two hunters on the right who almost kill Enshi because they think he really is a deer. Enshi is on the left, wearing a deer skin.
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Document identity
localId
34261
label
Tsuba with Enshi (Ch. Yen Tzu), One of the Twenty Four Paragons of Filial Piety
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object
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3
Source metadata
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34261
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object
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normalized
title
Tsuba with Enshi (Ch. Yen Tzu), One of the Twenty Four Paragons of Filial Piety
description
This tsuba depicts Enshi (Ch. Yen Tzu), one of the twenty four paragons of filial piety from the Chinese Zhou [Chou] Dynasty (1122-255 BC). Enshi's parents had a eye ailment that could only be cured by deer's milk. His family was too poor to buy the expensive milk, so Enshi disguised himself like a deer in order to get milk directly from does in the herd near his home. The tsuba depicts two hunters on the right who almost kill Enshi because they think he really is a deer. Enshi is on the left, wearing a deer skin.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquistion unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1667-1736 (Edo)
citationUrl
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CC0
language
en
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Arms & Armor
tsubas
sword components
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3
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3
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import
dimensions
units
cm
width
7.2
height
6.7
depth
0.4
dimensionsRaw
H: 2 13/16 x W: 2 5/8 x D: 3/16 in. (7.16 x 6.74 x 0.43 cm)
Source extras
cul
Japanese
style
Nara School
inscriptions
[Signature] 利壽; [Translation] Toshinaga (kao)
med
shibuichi with gold and copper details, lead
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4108
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JMA
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none
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photo
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photo
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photo
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