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| Keywords: Ichinomiya Nagatsune - Tsuba with Scene of Celebrating the Tanabata Festival - Walters 51237 - Mark A.jpg Four dancers are depicted on this tsuba Above them hang bamboo branches with poems on slips of paper These poems are part of the celebration of Tanabata The festival celebrates the yearly reunion between the Weaving Maiden Jp Orihime and the Shepard Jp Hikoboshi known in the West as the starts Vega and Altair On the front of the tsuba two dancers appear at the right A third is at the lower left The fourth dancer is on the back between 1732 1786 Edo shibuichi gold silver copper cm 7 16 6 83 0 56 accession number 51 237 36287 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters Signature Ganshoshi/Nagatsune place of origin Kyoto Japan Walters Art Museum license Tsuba in the Walters Art Museum Ichinomiya Nagatsune Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Reliefs of dancers on Japanese sword fittings | ||||
