Keywords: Japanese - Tsuba with a Tea-leaf Harvester Caught in a Rainstorm - Walters 51313.jpg Flying through the sky at the top of this tsuba is a dragon At the bottom a man with a basket a kettle and a sickle runs through rain at the water's edge Rain is depicted through incised lines On the reverse rain is shown at the upper left with a hint of landscape at the bottom This may be a reference to a legendary story date iron copper gold shakudo gilt cm 8 28 7 68 0 4 accession number 51 313 19696 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters none place of origin Japan Walters Art Museum license Tsuba in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review |