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Dai Nihon shiryaku zukai
(Japan and Korea )
Watanabe no Tsuna was escorting a beautiful woman home when amidst bolts of lightning she suddenly changed into a hairy demon, gripped her escort by the hair, and flew off with him. Tsuna drew his sword and cut off her arm, falling to the ground by Kitano Shrine. The demon's fist was still grasping his hair. Posing as an old woman, the demon later recovered the arm.
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Provenance
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C. Robert Snell, Oriental Arts & Antiques, Timonium, Maryland; purchased by Justine Lewis Keidel, Owings Mills, Maryland, after 1971; given to Walters Art Museum, 1991.
Geographies
Japan, Tokyo (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 6 15/16 x W: 9 7/16 in. (17.62 x 23.97 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Justine Lewis Keidel, 1991
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
95.639