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| Keywords: Kano Natsuo - Tsuba with a Hawk Stalking a Monkey - Walters 51100 - Back.jpg The right side of the tsuba shows a hawk in high relief looking for its prey The monkey is hiding on the reverse The truck of the tree where the hawk perches extends completely to the edge of the central hole which is usual Hawk hunting was a popular sport during the Edo period 1615-1868 and hawk motifs were common on objects made for warriors between 1848 1898 late Edo-Meiji copper with shakudo gold and shibuichi cm 8 5 accession number 51 100 40373 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters Transcription Inscribed oju natsuo; Translation Inscribed By special request Natsuo place of origin Edo present-day Tokyo Japan Walters Art Museum license Tsuba in the Walters Art Museum Kano Natsuo Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Reliefs of monkeys on Japanese sword fittings | ||||
