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| Keywords: Sugiura Jôi - Tsuba with Kanzan and Jittoku - Walters 51286.jpg The two Zen eccentrics Kanzan Ch Hanshan Hanshan and Jittoku Ch Shide Shih Te are shown on the lower edge of this tsuba Kanzan sits reading his scroll and laughing Jittoku stands behind Kanzan pointing the sky In his left hand can be seen the handle of his broom They were said to have lived in a monastery in China when they spoke to each other in a language no one understood Depictions of them are common The seals on the reverse identify the artist who was probably a Buddhist monk by the time he made this piece between 1725 1761 mid Edo iron gold silver shakudo cm 7 63 7 3 0 55 accession number 51 286 22730 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters Seal Joi Nagaharu in place of origin Edo in present-day Tokyo Japan Walters Art Museum license Tsuba in the Walters Art Museum Sugiura Jôi Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
