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| Keywords: Hagiya Katsuhira - Tsuba with Classical Poets - Walters 51334.jpg The three men seated along the bottom of this tsuba are dressed in the style worn by the classical Heian period court 794-1192 The attributes on the reverse side of the tsuba suggest that they are poets Those objects are a writing desk a box on the desk a floral decoration and a long strip of paper used for poems known as a tanzaku At the upper left on the front is a rolled blind like those used in aristocratic households during the Heian period Clouds with gold flecks decorate the upper portion of both sides The smallest grouping of famous classical poets is six This tsuba may have been made as a pair with another tsuba that together would have depicted the six poets between 1804 1886 late Edo-Meiji silver gold copper shakudo shibuichi gilt cm 8 25 7 46 0 42 accession number 51 334 40748 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters Signature Seiryoken/Katsuhira kao place of origin Mito Japan Walters Art Museum license Tsuba in the Walters Art Museum Hagiya Katsuhira Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Writing desks | ||||
