MAKE A MEME View Large Image Sugiura Jôi - Tsuba with the Legendary Chinese ruler Shinnô - Walters 51369 - Mark A.jpg The Chinese sage Shinnô Ch Shen Nong Shen Nung is on the right side of the tsuba eating a blade of grass He has two small horns on his head Shinnô is ...
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Keywords: Sugiura Jôi - Tsuba with the Legendary Chinese ruler Shinnô - Walters 51369 - Mark A.jpg The Chinese sage Shinnô Ch Shen Nong Shen Nung is on the right side of the tsuba eating a blade of grass He has two small horns on his head Shinnô is credited with inventing the plow and the harp He also expanded the number of ideograms for the written language from eight to sixty-four On the reverse is a mountain landscape between 1701 1761 mid Edo copper gold sentoku cm 8 9 accession number 51 369 14451 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters Signature Issandô Jûi kao ; Seal Nagaharu place of origin Edo present-day Tokyo Japan Walters Art Museum license Tsuba in the Walters Art Museum Sugiura Jôi Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Shennong
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