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| Keywords: Yasuda Masasada - Tsuba with Chinese Star Gods - Walters 51336.jpg The three Chinese star gods Lu Fu and Shou are collectively worshiped to bring good fortune The stars appear at the upper left of the tsuba just above the distant mountains At the lower right of the composition the personifications of the stars stand beneath a pine tree A fourth man has his back to the viewer observing them On the reverse another Chinese gentleman stands gazing to the left In the mountains behind him the top of a temple pagoda stands among the mountain peaks 1st half Other date century 18 mid Edo iron silver gold shakudo cm 6 98 6 58 0 43 accession number 51 336 28742 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters Signature Masasada place of origin Edo present-day Tokyo Japan Walters Art Museum license Tosogu Japanese sword fittings in the Walters Art Museum Yasuda Masasada Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
