Keywords: Japanese - Tsuka with Cherry Blossoms and Wrestling Gate Guardians - Walters 5112953B.jpg The kashira is decorated with cherry blossoms that match the accompanying fuchi The menuki is a playful depiction of two Buddhist temple gate guardians niô arm-wrestling This is part of a mounted set ca 1850 late Edo silver shakudo sentoku ray skin baleen cm 11 accession number 51 1295 3B 79553 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquistion unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters Inscription In ink on open end san yi jû yon; Translation three yi fourteen repeated twice place of origin Japan Walters Art Museum license Tsuka in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs artist review |