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METAL WORK. 313
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No. 690.
In relief upon a bronze Mirror. Fuji-wara Masa-yasu
TSUKURU (sAKu). Made by Masnyasu Fiijiwara.
No. 691.
In relief upon a bronze Mirror, bearing the crest of the
prince of Hikone, the family which gave hereditary regents
to Japan. Fuji-wara tsukuru (saku). Made by Fujiwara.
No. 692. No. 693.
In relief upon a pair of bronze Mirrors. The two
large inscriptions, taken together, read Kwa-bo, meaning A
design for a flower. The small characters on No. 692, read
Tenka ichi no saku or The manufacture of the first man in
the world. Those on No. 693 are Tenka ichi, The first
man in the world.
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