Tsuba with a Heron Perched on a Boat under a Full Moon

1696-1769 (Edo)

6 cm 6.7 cm 0.4 cm

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An unusually designed full moon with gold gilding is depicted at the upper left of this tsuba. At the lower right, a heron stands on the prow of a boat among reeds. This boat is probably moored. On the reverse of the tsuba the moon appears without gilding at the upper right. B...

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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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संस्कृति
Japanese
माध्यम
iron, gold, silver, copper

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