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| Keywords: Kusakari Kiyosada I - Tsuba with Chinese Fans - Walters 51134 - Back.jpg The front of this tsuba has six Chinese style fans surrounding the central hole and the holes for the utility knife and hair pick Four fans are depicted on the reverse The decoration in various alloys of gold stands out from the silver alloy body This motif was not uncommon for Kiyosada between 1742 1832 late Edo shakudo with gold cm 6 9 accession number 51 134 36108 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters Transcription Inscribed Sendai ju/Kiyosada; Translation Inscribed Living at Sendai/Kiyosada place of origin Edo present-day Tokyo Japan Walters Art Museum license Tsuba in the Walters Art Museum Kusakari Kiyosada I Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs artist review | ||||
