File:Mitamura Motoshige - Tsuba with Benkei at the Barrier Gate, from the Play "The Subscription List" - Walters 51102.jpg

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Mitamura Motoshige: Tsuba with Benkei at the Barrier Gate, from the Play "The Subscription List"   (  )
Artist	Mitamura Motoshige  (1825–)     Description Japanese bladesmith Date of birth circa 1825  Authority file : Q59297885 artist QS:P170,Q59297885
Title	Tsuba with Benkei at the Barrier Gate, from the Play "The Subscription List"
Description	English: This tsuba possibly shows a scene from the kabuki play "The Subscription List," in which the loyal retainer Benkei saves his master Yoshitsune from capture by agents of Yoshitsune's older brother Yoritomo. Yoshitsune is traveling north from Kyoto with Benkei and four other soldiers dressed as traveling priests. They hope to pass a barrier gate by convincing the guards that they are collecting money for Tôji temple in Nara and that Yoshitsune is their porter. The guards are suspicious of Yoshitsune, so Benkei must beat his master in order to convince the guards that Yoshitsune is actually a lowly servant. This episode is an example of Benkei's great loyalty to his master because he was able to counter his own reluctance to hurt Yoshitsune in order to save him. The tsuba shows Benkei and the other soldiers at the gate. Yoshitsune does not appear on the tsuba.
Date	circa 1825 date QS:P571,+1825-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 (late Edo)
Medium	copper, silver, gold
Dimensions	8.2 × 7.6 × 0.4 cm (3.2 × 2.9 × 0.1 in)
Collection	Walters Art Museum    Native name Walters Art Museum Location Baltimore, United States of America Coordinates 39° 17′ 48″ N, 76° 36′ 58″ W   Established 1934  Website thewalters.org Authority file : Q210081 VIAF: 128918374 ISNI: 000000040373611X ULAN: 500279110 LCCN: no00096900 GND: 16029354-6 WorldCat institution QS:P195,Q210081
Accession number	51.102
Place of creation	Mito, Japan
Object history	Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown] 1931: bequeathed to Walters Art Museum by Henry Walters
Credit line	Acquired by Henry Walters
Inscriptions	[Signature] Seishinken Motoshige
Source	Walters Art Museum: Home page  Info about artwork
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