Tsuba with a Crow and a Heron on a Willow Branch
In Japanese, the expression for speaking illogically is to argue that a crow is heron. The pairing of a heron and crow is a metaphor for the opposites of ying and yang. At the lower right of this tsuba, a crow and a heron perch on a willow branch. The heron is made of a silver...
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Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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