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| Keywords: Morimura Atsutaka - Tsuba with Saigyô Gazing at Mt Fuji - Walters 51136 - Back.jpg Seated at the lower left of the tsuba is the 12th-century monk Saigyô Saigyô was a palace guard who became a Buddhist monk at the age of twenty three when the Emperor Toba abdicated and became a monk Saigyô wandered the country until he died in Kyoto at the age of seventy three Here he is shown gazing at Mt Fuji which is shown on the upper left of the tsuba Saigyô's traveling hat rests beside him The reverse of the tsuba shows pine trees and birds The holes for the utility knife and hair pick are indicated in the background but do not appear to have actually been cut through the tsuba middle Other date century 19 Edo copper shibuichi silver gold shakudo cm 7 65 7 0 48 accession number 51 136 8898 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters Signature Morimura Atsutaka kao place of origin Edo present-day Tokyo Japan Walters Art Museum license Tosogu Japanese sword fittings in the Walters Art Museum Morimura Atsutaka Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
