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Sword guard (tsuba) in the shape of a dancing crane
By Hayashi Matashichi (1613–1699)
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
Iron openwork with gold inlay
Eisei-Bunko Museum, 1794
© Eisei Bunko, Japan.

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