Keywords: Tanaka Kiyotoshi - Tsuba with Sacred Jewels ("Tama") - Walters 51106 - Mark A.jpg This tsuba has three small sacred jewels on the right and a larger one on the left that is incorporated into the opening for the utility knife At the bottom of the opening is a fifth small jewel These jewels are Buddhist symbols of spiritual not material wealth 1865 Edo-Meiji iron shibuichi and gold cm 6 8 6 25 0 42 accession number 51 106 20894 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters Signature On obverse Ikkashi; Inscription Raised on obverse fuma mukô; Translation Without polish there is no shine ; Signature On reverse kao ; Inscription Raised on reverse shishi kôsei; fukuke no sai; Translation births of the four great shis ie Confucious Sôshi Shishi and Mencius ; at the age of sixty-one place of origin Edo present-day Tokyo Japan Walters Art Museum license Tsuba in the Walters Art Museum Tanaka Kiyotoshi Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review |