MAKE A MEME View Large Image Funami Yukinao - Tsuba with the Boat Bridge ("Funabashi") at Sano - Walters 51406 - Back.jpg Along the right side of the tsuba a series of boats are tied together creating a bridge known as a funabashi lit boat bridge A pine tree at the ...
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Keywords: Funami Yukinao - Tsuba with the Boat Bridge ("Funabashi") at Sano - Walters 51406 - Back.jpg Along the right side of the tsuba a series of boats are tied together creating a bridge known as a funabashi lit boat bridge A pine tree at the bottom indicates the shore On the reverse pine trees are shown along a river bank A poem from the classical poetry collection the Man'yôshû complied late 8th century made famous the boat bridge at Sano in modern day Gunma prefecture The tsuba may be an allusion to the poem or to the noh play Funabashi that was inspired by the poem The bridge was also depicted in a woodblock print by Katsushika Hokusai 1760-1849 in the 1820s or 1830s ca 1825 late Edo iron gold silver shibuichi cm 6 6 accession number 51 406 12623 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquistion unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters Signature Jinryûshi/Yukinao kao place of origin Kyoto Japan Walters Art Museum license Tsuba in the Walters Art Museum Funami Yukinao Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review
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