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| Keywords: Okamoto Naoshige - Tsuba with Two Figures with a Chinese Lion-Dog - Walters 51349 - Back.jpg The openwork design on this tsuba features two figures standing at the right The one in the rear carries a quiver of arrows and a bow He is blowing a long horn The figure in front holds a Chinese style lion-dog shishi on a leash This animal did not exist but is derived from Chinese and Japanese interpretations of stories and paintings of lions in India ca 1765 Edo iron gold copper shakudo cm 7 6 88 0 5 accession number 51 349 11246 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters Signature Tetsugendô; Seal Kotobuki place of origin Kyoto Japan Walters Art Museum license Tsuba in the Walters Art Museum Okamoto Naoshige Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
