MAKE A MEME View Large Image Kato Teruaki - Tsuba with a Hanging Bouquet ("Kusudama") - Walters 51129 - Mark.jpg On the right of this tsuba is a flower cluster also called a medicine ball kusadama These balls are used as part of the traditional decoration for the Boy's ...
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Keywords: Kato Teruaki - Tsuba with a Hanging Bouquet ("Kusudama") - Walters 51129 - Mark.jpg On the right of this tsuba is a flower cluster also called a medicine ball kusadama These balls are used as part of the traditional decoration for the Boy's Festival on May 5th Brocade bags of fragrant herbs such as musk and cloves were bound together with flowers and streamers They were hung in homes to ensure long life Along the lower left edge on the back is a blind trimmed in fabric middle Other date century 19 late Edo shibuichi gold copper at center cm 6 17 5 04 0 4 accession number 51 129 38385 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters Signature Ichijuken Teruaki place of origin Edo present-day Tokyo Japan Walters Art Museum license Tsuba in the Walters Art Museum Kato Teruaki Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review
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