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| Keywords: Nobutoki - Tsuba with a Fallen Grave Maker - Walters 51232.jpg At the top of this tsuba a bat in flight is shown in front of a slender crescent moon At the bottom is a grave marker that has fallen over on its side Next to the marker are chrysanthemums and a rock A snake crawls across the top of the marker This may be an allusion to a story about Ono no Komachi a 9th-century poet The story is told in the Noh play Sotoba Komachi circa 1650 1700 Edo iron copper gold silver shakudo cm 7 14 6 84 0 38 accession number 51 232 4294 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters Bonji inscription possibly containing the characters for Fugen Bosatsu and Senju Kannon in Sanskrit; Signature Nobutoki place of origin Kuwana Japan Walters Art Museum license Tsuba in the Walters Art Museum Nobutoki Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
