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| Keywords: Hamano Noriyuki - Tsuba with the Chinese General Soso - Walters 51124.jpg The Chinese Three Kingdoms general Soso Ch Tsao Tsao is shown on his boat crossing the Yangtze River Under a full moon he stood before his soldiers with a spear in his hands and declared that they would be victorious at the coming battle After he spoke two crows flew overhead They are shown here in the upper left Crows are an sign of disaster Soso composed a poem about crows in an attempt to hide the bad omen but was defeated in his battle The reverse shows waves on the shore under a full moon between 1736 1787 Edo shibuichi gold cm 6 6 6 2 accession number 51 124 32919 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters Signature Hamano Noriyuki; Seal Noriyuki place of origin Edo present-day Tokyo Japan Walters Art Museum license Tsuba in the Walters Art Museum Hamano Noriyuki Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
