Tsuba with a New Year's Lion Dancer

n.d. 2 9/16 in. (6.5 cm) Citation Source image

The motifs of this tsuba illustrate traditional New Year's customs. On the right is a man dressed as a lion who performs a celebratory dance. At the upper left is a decorative rope ("shimenawa"), including pine boughs, which are hung on homes during the New Year's season. At t...

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12126
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object
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Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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en
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2
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Japanese
माध्यम
iron, gold, copper

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