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| Keywords: Sasayama Tokuhiro - Tsuba with a Tiger - Walters 51196.jpg At the right of this tsuba is a tiger To the right under the hole for the utility knife is a small patch of young bamboo The body of the tiger wraps around the edge of the tsuba to the reverse which shows the back view of the scene depicted on the front Tigers are powerful animals that are often shown with bamboo between 1831 1871 late Edo-Meiji iron gold shibuichi cm 6 1 4 88 0 5 accession number 51 196 30385 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters Signature Tokuhiro place of origin Kyoto Japan Walters Art Museum license Tsuba in the Walters Art Museum Sasayama Tokuhiro Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
