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| Keywords: Ishiguro Masayoshi I - Tsuba with Fish - Walters 51264 - Mark A.jpg Nine different forms of fish and sea creatures are illustrated on this tsuba All are regularly consumed as part of the Japanese diet On the front a spiny lobster is at the lower right Proceeding around in a clockwise direction are a flounder a puffer fish a second flounder and a sea bream On the reverse are a snapper an octopus an eel and a flounder 1843 Edo copper silver gold mother-of-pearl shakudo shibuichi cm 8 4 7 69 0 48 accession number 51 264 24729 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters Date Konen roku ju kyusai/Juo Masayoshi; Signature Konen roku ju kyusai/Juo Masayoshi; Translation 69 years old/Juo Masayoshi place of origin Edo present-day Tokyo Japan Walters Art Museum license Tsuba in the Walters Art Museum Ishiguro Masayoshi I Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
