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| Keywords: Kiyotatsu - Tsuba with a Pair of Folding Screens - Walters 51122.jpg This unusual tsuba shows a two folding screens framing the central hole The upper screen has a pattern of chrysanthemum flowers The lower screen is placed with its back to the viewer The two auxiliary holes have both been plugged In traditional Japanese architecture screens were used to divide spaces within larger rooms They were both artistic and utilitarian objects late Other date century 18 mid Edo iron body with gold cm 8 1 accession number 51 122 2692 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters Signature Inscribed Bairyuken/Kiyotatsu saku place of origin Kyoto Japan Walters Art Museum license Tsuba in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Kiyotatsu | ||||
