MAKE A MEME View Large Image Ueda Kazutsune - Tsuba with a "Ja-kago" (Gabion) and Reeds - Walters 5191 - Mark.jpg This autumn theme shows seasonal plants alongside a bamboo basket filled with stones under a full moon Baskets of this type were used for erosion control ...
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Keywords: Ueda Kazutsune - Tsuba with a "Ja-kago" (Gabion) and Reeds - Walters 5191 - Mark.jpg This autumn theme shows seasonal plants alongside a bamboo basket filled with stones under a full moon Baskets of this type were used for erosion control along river banks so the image also invokes water The reverse side continues the botanical theme Autumn is the traditional season of moon viewing and this tsuba evokes the quiet of an autumn night between 1848 1868 late Edo iron gold detail cm 8 5 8 2 accession number 51 91 1104 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters Signature Tansuishi; Seal gen in place of origin Wakayama Japan Walters Art Museum license Tosogu Japanese sword fittings in the Walters Art Museum Ueda Kazutsune Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review
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