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| Keywords: Inoue Kiyotaka - Tsuba with the Samurai Watanabe no Tsuna Battling a Demon at Rashomon Gate - Walters 51169.jpg This tsuba shows Watanabe no Tsuna a warrior who lived in the late 10th and early 11th century One stormy night he lay in wait at the Rashomon Gate in Kyoto for one of the last demons left in the city In the middle of the night he felt something tugging at his helmet Striking out with his sword he cut off the demon's arm The demon ran away and Tsuna kept the arm locked in an iron box On the tsuba Tsuna can be seen riding his horse on the right Above him the demon pulls at his helmet Storm clouds swirl above the demon The Rashomon Gate is at the lower left below the hole for the utility knife The Rashomon Gate is the same gate that figures in Akira Kurosawa's famous film of that name between 1790 1840 Edo shakudo with gold and copper cm 7 3 accession number 51 169 23087 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters Transcription Inscribed choshu hagi ju/inouye kiyotaka saku; Translation Inscribed Living at Hagi in Nagato province/Made by Inouye Kiyotaka place of origin Hagi Japan Walters Art Museum license Tsuba in the Walters Art Museum Inoue Kiyotaka Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
