Tsuba with Chinese Star Gods

1st half 18th century (mid Edo)

6.6 cm 7 cm 0.4 cm

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The three Chinese star gods, Lu, Fu, and Shou, are collectively worshiped to bring good fortune. The stars appear at the upper left of the tsuba, just above the distant mountains. At the lower right of the composition, the personifications of the stars stand beneath a pine tre...

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