MAKE A MEME View Large Image Ayabe Masayuki - Tsuba with Fireflies among Grass - Walters 51164 - Back.jpg Grasses wrap around the central opening of this narrow tsuba Two fireflies are carved along the edge one at the upper right and one at the lower left The lower ...
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Keywords: Ayabe Masayuki - Tsuba with Fireflies among Grass - Walters 51164 - Back.jpg Grasses wrap around the central opening of this narrow tsuba Two fireflies are carved along the edge one at the upper right and one at the lower left The lower firefly's wings are slightly open In folk tales fireflies are sometimes associated with supernatural activity There are also stories of scholars studying by the light of the fireflies circa 1860 s late Edo shakudo gold silver cm 5 08 3 26 0 29 accession number 51 164 17740 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters Signature Nagato Hagi no ju/Ayabe Masayuki saku; Translation Living at Hagi in Nagato/Made by Ayabe Masayuki place of origin Hagi Japan Walters Art Museum license Tsuba in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Ayabe Masayuki
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