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| Keywords: Ichinomiya Nagatsune - Tsuba with the Elegant Gathering in a Peach Orchard - Walters 51109 - Mark A.jpg This tsuba shows the Chinese figures Genroku Ch Liu Bei Kanyu Ch Guan Yu and Chôhi Ch Zhang Fei in the peach orchard where they took an oath of brotherhood The episode takes place in the 14th-century novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms which tells a fictionalized account of events in the 2nd century during the Three Kingdoms period All three men led soldiers in victorious battle and Genroku became emperor of China The back depicts cloths hung to create an enclosure for a picnic in the orchard between 1732 1787 Edo shibuichi with gold and copper details cm 7 28 7 08 0 42 accession number 51 109 27108 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters Signature Nagatsune place of origin Kyoto Japan Walters Art Museum license Tsuba in the Walters Art Museum Ichinomiya Nagatsune Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Oath of the peach garden | ||||
