Hamano Masanobu
Guard (tsuba) Decorated with the Inari Fox beneath a Half Moon
1800-1832
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Hamano Masanobu
Guard (tsuba) Decorated with the Inari Fox beneath a Half Moon
1800-1832
Physical Qualities
Shibuichi, gold, silver, copper, 6.3 x 5.6 cm.
Credit Line
Gift of Leroy Lipman
Object Number
1955.166.14
The Inari fox, the benevolent messenger of the kami (nature spirit) of rice and harvests, is shown here at 1,000 years old, after it has become golden in color and tremendously powerful.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1955; Leroy Lipman
New Arrivals: Gifts of Art for a New Century
The Way of Nature: Art from Japan, China, and Korea
Mohiro Ogawa and Kazutoshi Harada, "Art of the Samurai: Japanese Arms and Armor, 1156-1868," NY: Metropolitan Museum,
Inscribed: Signed: gyonen rokujuyon otsuryuken miboku
