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| Keywords: Yukimune - Tsuba with Chinese Lions Among Clouds - Walters 51295 - Mark.jpg Two Chinese style lions are depicted on this tsuba The body of one forms most of the top edge while the second lion is at the bottom Swirling clouds complete the tsuba These stylized lions are called Shishi lions or Fu dogs They do not resemble actual lions because their iconography was developed in China from painted images of lions brought into China Lions are not native to either China or Japan century 19 Edo-Meiji silver alloy cm 7 63 7 41 0 46 accession number 51 295 36385 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquistion unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters Seal Sugiura; Signature Yukimune saku place of origin Japan Walters Art Museum license Tosogu Japanese sword fittings in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Yukimune | ||||
