Keywords: Hamano Noriyuki II - Tsuba with Basket of Fresh Seafood - Walters 51128 - Back.jpg On the front of this tsuba is a basket of sea food including a spiny lobster and a sea bream Both of these fish are considered celebratory and often eaten as part of New Year celebrations The basket also contains a squid and two additional fish On the back of the tsuba are mushrooms a daikon radish a turnip and a sprig of flowers between 1755 1787 Edo shibuichi gold and copper at bottom of nakago-ana cm 8 5 7 8 ; cm 0 46 d ; width at top of nakago-ana cm 7 4 accession number 51 128 15261 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters Signature Hamano Noriyuki place of origin Edo present-day Tokyo Japan Walters Art Museum license Tsuba in the Walters Art Museum Hamano Noriyuki II Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review |