Nakamura Chikayori - Tsuba with the Rabbit in the Moon - Walters 51206 - Mark
Summary
This tsuba is a depiction of the sky filled with clouds. At the upper left, the moon appears with the depiction of a rabbit pounding rice for sweet rice cakes. This is the figure that the Japanese see in the moon. This tradition may have developed in part because the word for rice cake ("mochi") can also mean "full moon."
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Date
1400 - 1800
Source
Walters Art Museum
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