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Japanese - Tsuba with Shoko Reading a Book by Moonlight - Walters 51396

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At the right of the tsuba is a humble hut. In the hut, a man holds a book near the window. This is the legendary Chinese scholar Shoko. He read by moonlight. The moon and clouds are in the upper left of the tsuba. On the reverse is a waterfall under a pine tree.

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1400 - 1800
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Walters Art Museum
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