Tsuka with Cherry Blossoms and Wrestling Gate Guardians
The kashira is decorated with cherry blossoms that match the accompanying fuchi. The menuki is a playful depiction of two Buddhist temple gate guardians ("niô") arm-wrestling. This is part of a mounted set.
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79553
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object
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normalized
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Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquistion unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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CC0
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en
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3
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import
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Culture
Japanese