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| Keywords: Japanese - Tsuba with the Dragon King's Gifts to Hidesato - Walters 51149.jpg This tsuba shows attendants of the Dragon King carrying gifts of gratitude to Fujiwara no Hidesato The Dragon King asked Hidesato to kill the giant centipede of Mount Mikami who was poisoning the Dragon King's underwater kingdom Hidesato shot the centipede with an arrow killing it In gratitude the Dragon King gave him a bronze bell a never-ending bolt of silk a pot that cooked food without fire and a limitless bag of rice Because of the rice Hidesato is also known as Tawara Toda Lord of the Rice Bag The bell and the bag of rice can be seen in the waves on the front of this tsuba The back of the tsuba shows waves and rocks date copper alloy gold shakudo silver cm 7 9 7 3 0 35 accession number 51 149 24604 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters none place of origin Japan Walters Art Museum license Tsuba in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Dragon Kings | ||||
