Tsuba with a Horse Among Cherry Blossoms

1870 (Meiji)

6.3 cm 6.8 cm

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This tsuba illustrates a Chinese poem about a horse pawing fallen cherry blossoms, which restored their fragrance. The horse is shown in the lower right, under a cherry tree that occupies the right side of the tsuba. Along the bottom of the tsuba are dandelions. The reverse si...

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Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquistion unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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en
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संस्कृति
Japanese
माध्यम
iron and gold

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