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| Keywords: Ôkawa Mototoshi - Tsuba with Watanabe no Tsuna Fighting the Demon at Rashomon - Walters 51138.jpg This tsuba shows Watanabe no Tsuna a warrior who lived in the late 10th and early 11th century One stormy night he lay in wait at the Rashomon Gate in Kyoto to wait for one of the last demons left in the city Very late at night he felt something tugging at his helmet Striking out with his sword he cut off the demon's arm The demon ran away and Tsuna kept the arm locked in an iron box On the tsuba the oni can be seen pulling at Tsuna's helmet The storm is shown through the swirling clouds at the top of the tsuba A sign that had been knocked over in the wind lays at the bottom of the tsuba On the back is Tsuna's horse running away 1st half Other date century 19 late Edo shakudo gold copper cm 6 9 accession number 51 138 10185 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquistion unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters Signature Chikuzanken Mototoshi kao The Nature of Loyalty Japanese Warrior Prints of the Nineteenth Century The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1989 place of origin Mito Japan Walters Art Museum license Tosogu Japanese sword fittings in the Walters Art Museum Ôkawa Mototoshi Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
