Tsuba with the Oil Monk
This tsuba illustrates the 12th-century story of the oil monk from Yasuka shrine in Kyoto. On a stormy night, reports circulated in the city of a fire-breathing monster. Taira no Tadamori went out to capture the monster and discovered that it was actually a poor monk walking t...
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869
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object
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normalized
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Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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CC0
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en
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2
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import
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| largeImageUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.225_Back_DD_JP08.jpg |
| iiifBase | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.225_Back_DD_JP08.jpg |
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| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.225 |
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Culture
Japanese
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