Tsuba with Minamoto no Yoritomo Hiding with his Warriors in a Hollow Tree

4th quarter 18th century (mid Edo)

5.8 cm 6.6 cm 0.4 cm

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This tsuba shows Minamoto Yoritomo hiding from his enemies in a tree during the Genpei War (1180-1185). Yoshitomo was being followed through the Hakone Mountains by warriors from the Taira clan. One of these warriors, Kajiwara Kagetoki, was secretly a supporter of Yoshitomo. W...

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