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| Keywords: Hamano Shôzui - Tsuba with the God Hotei with his Sack - Walters 51130.jpg This tsuba shows the playful Japanese folk god Hotei with his bag of treasures Hotei is one of the seven gods of good fortune who frequently appear in Japanese art On the back of the tsuba a Chinese style fan is depicted This tsuba is part of a set with a kashira pommel cap shaped like the god Daikoku's bale of rice and a fuchi hilt collar shaped like the god Ebisu's fish basket between 1696 1769 Edo shibuichi and gold cm 6 6 accession number 51 130 18955 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters Signature Inscribed Masayuki place of origin Edo present-day Tokyo Japan Walters Art Museum license Tsuba in the Walters Art Museum Hamano Shôzui Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
