Tsuba with Openwork Fan and New Years Decorations

1859-1910 (late Edo-Meiji) 3 1/8 in. (7.9 cm) Citation Source image

The primary motif on this tsuba is an openwork fan in the center of the body. The area left open by the fan also incorporates the opening for the hair pick and utility knife. Pine boughs, which are part of New Year's decorations, are depicted along the bottom of the tsuba. On...

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40688
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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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