Sword Guard (Tsuba) with the Rabbit in the Moon
This tsuba is a depiction of the sky filled with clouds. At the upper left, the moon appears with the depiction of a rabbit pounding rice for sweet rice cakes. This is the figure that the Japanese see in the moon. This tradition may have developed in part because the word for...
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11621
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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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en
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3
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| thumbnailUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.206_Mrk_DD_JP09.jpg |
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| largeImageUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.206_Mrk_DD_JP09.jpg |
| iiifBase | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.206_Mrk_DD_JP09.jpg |
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| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.206 |
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Japanese
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