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| Keywords: Morikawa Toshikage - Tsuba with Stone Rabbit with a Blossoming Plum Branch - Walters 51371.jpg On the right of this tsuba is a stone rabbit with a branch of plum blossoms in its back Two birds fly over the central opening A stream is shown at the lower left Rabbits are one of the zodiac animals and often depicted in Japanese art On the reverse are a pine branch by a river and a full moon at the upper right 1864 late Edo iron gilt gold silver cm 6 8 accession number 51 371 20775 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters Signature Hôshinsai/Toshikage; Date Genji ki-no-e ne chûshû/ kao ; Translation Mid-autumn Genji year of the rat 1864 place of origin Edo present-day Tokyo Japan Walters Art Museum license Tosogu Japanese sword fittings in the Walters Art Museum Morikawa Toshikage Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
