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On the right of this tsuba is a stone rabbit with a branch of plum blossoms in its back. Two birds fly over the central opening. A stream is shown at the lower left. Rabbits are one of the zodiac animals and often depicted in Japanese art. On the reverse are a pine branch by a river and a full moon at the upper right.
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"[Signature] 寶真斎 壽景; [Translation] Hôshinsai/Toshikage; [Date] 元治黄子中秋; [Transliteration] Genji ki-no-e ne chûshû/(kao); [Translation] Mid-autumn",
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