MAKE A MEME View Large Image Mitamura Motoshige - Tsuba with Benkei at the Barrier Gate, from the Play "The Subscription List" - Walters 51102.jpg This tsuba possibly shows a scene from the kabuki play The Subscription List in which the loyal retainer Benkei saves his ...
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Keywords: Mitamura Motoshige - Tsuba with Benkei at the Barrier Gate, from the Play "The Subscription List" - Walters 51102.jpg This tsuba possibly shows a scene from the kabuki play The Subscription List in which the loyal retainer Benkei saves his master Yoshitsune from capture by agents of Yoshitsune's older brother Yoritomo Yoshitsune is traveling north from Kyoto with Benkei and four other soldiers dressed as traveling priests They hope to pass a barrier gate by convincing the guards that they are collecting money for Tôji temple in Nara and that Yoshitsune is their porter The guards are suspicious of Yoshitsune so Benkei must beat his master in order to convince the guards that Yoshitsune is actually a lowly servant This episode is an example of Benkei's great loyalty to his master because he was able to counter his own reluctance to hurt Yoshitsune in order to save him The tsuba shows Benkei and the other soldiers at the gate Yoshitsune does not appear on the tsuba ~ 1825 late Edo copper silver gold cm 8 2 7 6 0 42 accession number 51 102 9614 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters Signature Seishinken Motoshige place of origin Mito Japan Walters Art Museum license Tosogu Japanese sword fittings in the Walters Art Museum Mitamura Motoshige Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review
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