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| Keywords: Ito Katsumi - Tsuba with Openwork Fan and New Years Decorations - Walters 51354.jpg The primary motif on this tsuba is an openwork fan in the center of the body The area left open by the fan also incorporates the opening for the hair pick and utility knife Pine boughs which are part of New Year's decorations are depicted along the bottom of the tsuba On the reverse is an umbrella There is also a hollyhock crest This crest was a symbol of the ruling Tokugawa family and was used by the Shimosaka Yasutsugu line of metalworkers with Tokugawa permission between 1859 1910 late Edo-Meiji iron silver cm 7 9 accession number 51 354 40688 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters Transliteration oju/ito katsumi kao yasutsugu kore o kitaeru aoi mon ; Translation By special request/Ito Katsumi; Translation This was forged by Yasutsugu place of origin Echizen Japan Walters Art Museum license Tsuba in the Walters Art Museum Ito Katsumi Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Shimosaka Yasutsugu school | ||||
