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| Keywords: Shimamura Mitsuyoshi - Tsuba with Geese and Autumn Reeds - Walters 51108.jpg Traditional Japanese culture is extremely sensitive to seasonality in artistic motifs and personal adornment This tsuba evokes autumn through its decorations The front shows two ducks under the reeds On the back a full moon shines over reeds Autumn was the time to hold moon viewing parties on nights with full moons Furthermore pairs of mandarin ducks are a sign of conjugal fidelity because they mate for life ca 1875 late Edo-Meiji silver alloy with silver and gold cm 7 1 accession number 51 108 38475 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters Signature Inscribed Antoken/Mitsuyoshi place of origin Edo present-day Tokyo Japan Walters Art Museum license Tsuba in the Walters Art Museum Shimamura Mitsuyoshi Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
