MAKE A MEME View Large Image Yokoya Somin - Kozuka with Chinese Lion - Walters 51799 - Back.jpg This lion is called a Chinese lion shishi because it derives from images of lions imported to Japan from China Lions were not native to Japan so artists were not able to ...
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Keywords: Yokoya Somin - Kozuka with Chinese Lion - Walters 51799 - Back.jpg This lion is called a Chinese lion shishi because it derives from images of lions imported to Japan from China Lions were not native to Japan so artists were not able to draw them from life The artist of the kozuka signed it on the reverse between 1670 1733 Edo shibuichi shakudo gold cm 9 6 l accession number 51 799 16463 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters signature place of origin Edo present-day Tokyo Japan Walters Art Museum license Tosogu Japanese sword fittings in the Walters Art Museum Yokoya Somin Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review
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