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| Keywords: Nara - Tsuba with a Crow and a Heron on a Willow Branch - Walters 51266.jpg In Japanese the expression for speaking illogically is to argue that a crow is heron The pairing of a heron and crow is a metaphor for the opposites of ying and yang At the lower right of this tsuba a crow and a heron perch on a willow branch The heron is made of a silver alloy while the crow is made in copper alloy On the reverse a moon appears at the top over a stream between 1800 1867 late Edo iron silver gold shibuichi shakudo copper cm 6 7 6 2 0 36 accession number 51 266 37061 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters Place Edo jû/Nara saku; Translation Living in Edo/made by Nara place of origin Edo present-day Tokyo Japan Walters Art Museum license Tosogu Japanese sword fittings in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
