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| Keywords: Gotô Ichijô - Tsuba with a Lotus Pond - Walters 51176.jpg This tsuba depicts a lotus pond with lotus flowers blossoming The plants are depicted in gold and silver relief On the back of the tsuba a water bug skims the water between the lotus The lotus is associated with Buddha and a state of purity The construction of this tsuba is unusual The front is made of a copper and gold alloy called shakudo while the back is silver They have been fused together creating a wavy pattern along the tsuba's edge between 1824 1862 late Edo silver shakudo gold copper at center cm 6 9 6 13 0 34 accession number 51 176 4515 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters Signature Goto Hokkyo/Ichijo kao place of origin Edo present-day Tokyo Japan Walters Art Museum license Tsuba in the Walters Art Museum Gotô Ichijô Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
