English: On the right side of this tsuba are four monkeys grooming each other. An adult holds a young monkey at the rear of the grouping. In the front, another young monkey hangs upside down from the arm of the second adult. The reverse shows an overhanging rock on the right with a stream along the bottom. As in the west, monkeys were often anthropomorphized in Japanese legends and art.
日付
1764年と1837年の間
date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1764-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1837-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
== {{int:filedesc}} == {{Walters Art Museum artwork |artist = Iwama Masayoshi (Japanese, 1764-1837) |title = ''Tsuba with Monkeys'' |description = {{en|On the right side of this tsuba are four monkeys grooming each other. An a...