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This tsuba is a copy of a design repeatedly made by Ôtsuki Mitsuhiro and his father, including one in the Walters collection (see Walters 51.137). Inscriptions on the original tsubas say that the design is after one by the 10th-century Chinese painter Hsu Hsi. This may be a reference to paintings by Hsu Hsi of herons and lotus plants in Japanese temple collections, but the composition does not match any known paintings.
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