Tsuba with One Hundred Monkeys

late 18th-early 19th century (Edo) Diam: 2 3/4 in. (7 cm) Citation Source image

This all-over design of monkeys is typical for the Noda school of metalworkers (see Walters 51.112 and 51.133). This tsuba also has textile patterning around the central opening.

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27444
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William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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en
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