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| Keywords: Kano Natsuo - Tsuba with the Bodhisattva Kannon - Walters 51218 - Back.jpg The bodhisattva Kannon sits on the right side of the tsuba While the bodhisattva is neither a man nor a woman depictions of this type have a distinctly feminine aspect She is called the White Robed Kannon because of her costume She sits near a waterfall Kannon is a compassionate deity who helps humans achieve Buddhahood The reverse of the tsuba depicts lotus flowers which are associated with Buddha and other Buddhist deities between 1848 1898 Edo-Meiji iron and brass with silver alloy and gold cm 8 5 accession number 51 218 39900 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters Signature Inscribed Natsuo kao ; Seal Inscribed Natsuo place of origin Edo present-day Tokyo Japan Walters Art Museum license Tsuba in the Walters Art Museum Kano Natsuo Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
