Keywords: Yokoya Somin - Kozuka with Two Crabs - Walters 51681.jpg On the right of the kozuka are two crabs On the left is the ocean The so-called fish egg patterning nanako-ji creates the appearance of sand The kozuka has a gold rim and reverse side ca 1695 1733 Edo copper gold cm 9 6 accession number 51 681 38326 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters Signature Sômin place of origin Edo present-day Tokyo Japan Walters Art Museum license Tosogu Japanese sword fittings in the Walters Art Museum Yokoya Somin Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review |