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| Keywords: Tani Motosada - Kozuka with Mt Fuji and the 53 Stations of the Tôkaidô - Walters 51644.jpg A depiction of Mt Fuji fills the front of the kozuka The peak is often covered in snow represented here in silver On the reverse is a list in gold inlay of the fifty-three stations of the Tôkaidô road between Edo now Tokyo and Kyoto Below each station name is the distance to the next station On the bottom half of the reverse side is a landscape scene This may be Amanohashidate in northern Kyoto prefecture The view of the sand bar covered with pines at Amanohashidate is considered one of the three great views in Japan 1841 late Edo shakudo copper silver gold cm 9 9 accession number 51 644 4656 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquistion unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters Date iji Tenpô jyû ni nen kanoto ushi chûtô ; Translation 1841 year of the ox 11th month; Signature Unyô Jugakuken Tani Motosada horu kore; Translation Unyô Jugakuken Tani Motosada carved this place of origin Shimane Japan Walters Art Museum license Kozuka in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Tani Motosada | ||||
