8. THE DIAL OF KEES ENGELBARTS’ LATEST
WATCH DEPICTS A SCENE, INSPIRED BY A
TSUBA WITH A HAWK AND SPARROW, FROM
HAMANO MASANOBU, CIRCA 1836 (LATE EDO).
A TSUBA IS THE HAND GUARD MOUNTED ON A
JAPANESE SWORD. THESE TSUBA EVENTUALLY
BECAME CONSIDERED WORKS OF ART LONG
AFTER THE AGE OF THE SAMURAI.
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