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| Keywords: Kurowa Katsutoshi - Tsuba with the Oil Monk (Abura-bozu) - Walters 51170.jpg This tsuba illustrates the 12th-century story of the oil monk from Yasuka shrine in Kyoto On a stormy night reports circulated in the city of a fire-breathing monster Taira no Tadamori went out to capture the monster and discovered that it was actually a poor monk walking to Yasuka shrine He was carrying an oil lamp that emitted flames when he blew on it The monk is on the right side of tsuba carrying the lamp and an umbrella The moon and a small bird in flight are at the upper left The rain is highlighted in gold On the back the gate to Yasuka shrine is depicted ca 1750 mid Edo copper gold silver with rim cm 7 6 7 08 0 6 accession number 51 170 443 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters Signature Kakujusai Katsutoshi place of origin Shimotsuke Province in present-day Japan Walters Art Museum license Tsuba in the Walters Art Museum Kurowa Katsutoshi Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
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