MAKE A MEME View Large Image Noda Mitsuhiro II - Tsuba with One Hundred Monkeys - Walters 51133 - Mark.jpg One hundred monkeys was a typical motif for Mitsuhiro and other members of his school A multitude of monkeys are carved into the body of the tsuba Their eyes are ...
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Keywords: Noda Mitsuhiro II - Tsuba with One Hundred Monkeys - Walters 51133 - Mark.jpg One hundred monkeys was a typical motif for Mitsuhiro and other members of his school A multitude of monkeys are carved into the body of the tsuba Their eyes are highlighted in gold Hidden throughout the design are monkeys with special characteristics In the upper portion are the three monkeys who see no evil hear no evil and speak no evil At the lower right two monkeys are neck-wrestling with a rope tied around their necks In the upper left section a monkey holds a giant peach At the lower left a monkey has a bag over its shoulder In the upper right is a monkey carrying fan or a baton This tsuba is similar to another in the Walters collection by the same artist made of copper 51 112 Other known examples by Mitsuhiro are almost all in the same style with a single motif carved throughout the tsuba between 1770 1823 Edo silver cm 7 25 6 88 0 52 accession number 51 133 21366 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters hishu yagami ju/mitsuhiro; Translation Living at Yagami in Hizen province/Mitsuhiro place of origin Edo present-day Tokyo Japan Walters Art Museum license Tsuba in the Walters Art Museum Noda Mitsuhiro II Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Reliefs of monkeys on Japanese sword fittings
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