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| Keywords: Tamura Tadayuki - Tsuba with a Gate Guardian at Todaiji - Walters 51239.jpg The large figure on the right of the tsuba is one of the paired guardians ni-ô who guard the main south gate at Buddhist temples in Japan These fierce looking figures protect temples from evil spirits In front of the statue is a pilgirm At the lower left is another pilgrim with his staff and hat laying near him On the reverse is a man crawling through a hole in a pillar This reveals that the temple is Todaiji in Nara The pillar is in the Great Buddha Hall and the hole is said to be the size of the nostrils of the Buddha statue The statue itself is forty nine feet high Those who successfully pass through the hole in the pillar are believed to gain enlightenment in their next life ca 1800 Edo iron gold silver copper cm 6 9 6 58 0 47 accession number 51 239 34271 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters Signature Tadayuki place of origin Japan Walters Art Museum license Tsuba in the Walters Art Museum Tamura Tadayuki Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
