MAKE A MEME View Large Image Kinoshita Yoshikatsu - Tsuba with Hollyhock Crests ("Aoi mon") - Walters 51271 - Back.jpg Cut into the body of this tsuba in an openwork design are five hollyhock crests The hollyhock crest was used by the Tokugawa family who ruled Japan ...
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Keywords: Kinoshita Yoshikatsu - Tsuba with Hollyhock Crests ("Aoi mon") - Walters 51271 - Back.jpg Cut into the body of this tsuba in an openwork design are five hollyhock crests The hollyhock crest was used by the Tokugawa family who ruled Japan and three of its provinces from 1615 to 1867 Interspersed among the crests are five moths early Other date century 19 late Edo iron cm 7 3 accession number 51 271 34798 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters Transcription Inscribed kii shu ju/tanzendo tessai sei; Translation Inscribed Residing in Kii province/work of Tanzendo Tessai place of origin Kii Japan Walters Art Museum license Tsuba in the Walters Art Museum Kinoshita Yoshikatsu Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review
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