Keywords: Tamagawa Yoshiharu - Tsuba with a Carp - Walters 51197.jpg This tsuba shows a carp swimming amongst reeds and water milfoil The black body of the carp contrasts strongly with the gold plants Carps are auspicious symbols middle Other date century 19 Edo-Meiji shakudo copper gold cm 7 14 6 78 0 38 accession number 51 197 14286 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquistion unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters Signature Tamagawa Yoshiharu tsukuru; Translation made by Tamagawa Yoshiharu place of origin Mito Japan Walters Art Museum license Tsuba in the Walters Art Museum Tamagawa Yoshiharu Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Carps in art Reliefs of fish |