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Sword guard (tsuba) with torn fans and cherry blossoms
By Hayashi Matashichi (1613–1699)
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
Iron with gold inlay
Eisei-Bunko Museum, 1796
© Eisei Bunko, Japan.

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