Keywords: Shimamura Mitsuyoshi - Tsuba with K么sagi, a Paragon of Filial Piety - Walters 51373 - Mark A.jpg The man kneeling at the lower right of this tsuba is K魋agi one of the Japanese paragons of filial piety He worked hard every day to ensure there was enough money to buy his father some sake When times became hard he was unable to afford the sake despite his hard work When he was collecting water at a stream the gods revealed to him a waterfall which they turned into sake K魋agi is often depicted with a noble man here shown standing behind him K魋agi holds the gourd he is about to fill with sake The waterfall is at the lower left with bamboo leaves on the banks On the reverse of the tsuba is a scene of mountains and a pine tree ca 1875 late Edo-Meiji shibuichi gold cm 8 2 accession number 51 373 32646 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters Signature Mitsuyoshi place of origin Edo present-day Tokyo Japan Walters Art Museum license Tsuba in the Walters Art Museum Shimamura Mitsuyoshi Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review |