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Kikuchi Tsunekatsu: Tsuba with Tanabata Festival Decorations   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Kikuchi Tsunekatsu  (1704–)  wikidata:Q46219958
 
Description Japanese swordsmith
Date of birth 1704 Edit this at Wikidata
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artist QS:P170,Q46219958
Title
Tsuba with Tanabata Festival Decorations
Description
English: The front of this tsuba shows the yearly meeting of the celestial lovers the Weaving Maiden (Jp. "Orihime") and the Shepard (Jp. "Hikoboshi"). They are the stars Vega and Altair. Because they neglected their work when they were together, the Weaving Maiden's father, the King of Heaven, decreed that they could only meet across the River of Heaven (i.e. the Milky Way) once a year. Their meeting is celebrated on the 7th day of the 7th month with a festival called Tanabata. They are depicted on the front of the tsuba within a square frame. The Weaving Maiden is shown at the upper right spinning thread. The Shepard is shown with cattle on the lower left. On the reverse of the tsuba, rooftops of houses can be seen in the foreground and to the right of the central opening. Stalks of bamboo hung with paper strips decorate the houses for Tanabata. Mount Fuji is shown in the background at the upper right.
Date early-mid 18th century (mid Edo)
Medium shibuichi, copper, gold, silver
Dimensions 8.3 cm (3.2 in)
institution QS:P195,Q210081
Accession number
51.387
Place of creation Edo (present-day Tokyo, Japan)
Object history
Credit line Acquired by Henry Walters
Inscriptions [Signature] Kikuchi Tsunekatsu (kao)
Source Walters Art Museum: Home page  Info about artwork
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