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| Keywords: Nara Kigan - Tsuba with Blossoming Plum and Narcissus - Walters 5195.jpg Blossoming plum and narcissus wrap around this circular iron tsuba in an example of a design defined by the form of the tsuba The pistils are highlighted in gold enamel This piece seems to be done in the Old Nara ko-Nara style which featured natural motifs in iron ca 1750 1775 mid Edo iron gold iron oxide cm 7 4 7 16 0 6 accession number 51 95 7764 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters Signature Nara/Kigan saku; Translation Nara school/Made by Kigan place of origin Edo present-day Tokyo Japan Walters Art Museum license Tosogu Japanese sword fittings in the Walters Art Museum Nara Kigan Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
