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| Keywords: Taizan Motoaki - Tsuba with Dragons in Cartouches - Walters 51333 - Back.jpg This tsuba is decorated with six cartouches of dragons and a ground of fine fish egg nanako-ji patterning Four appear on the front and two are on the back Each dragon is executed in a different metal Dragons are a symbol of power and popularly depicted in Japanese art Both secondary holes of this tsuba have been plugged ca 1825 1850 late Edo shakudo copper gold silver shibuichi cm 7 6 7 18 0 38 accession number 51 333 12079 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters Signature Tankasai/Motoaki kao place of origin Mito Japan Walters Art Museum license Tsuba in the Walters Art Museum Taizan Motoaki Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
