Tsuba with Nitta no Shiro Killing a Boar

late 18th century (mid Edo)

6.8 cm 7.2 cm 0.6 cm

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This tsuba shows Nitta no Shiro (also known as Tadatsune) killing a boar. Nitta no Shiro lived in the late 12th and early 13th century. He was a warrior in the service of Minamoto no Yoritomo, who became the military ruler of the country in 1192. Nitta no Shiro is said to have...

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

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