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| Keywords: Gotô Mitsumasa - Tsuba with Clams and Conch - Walters 51324 - Back.jpg This small tsuba is decorated with clams mussels and conchs On both sides a conch in its shell is depicted at the lower right of the tsuba On the front a clam and mussel are to the left of the conch Another clam and mussel are at the upper left A scallop and two razor clams appear on the right edge above the conch On the reverse two clams are the top A clam and a scallop are at the bottom near the small conch Water is indicated on both sides with hairline engravings This small tsuba would have been used with a short sword or dagger between 1836 1904 late Edo-Meiji silver copper gold gilt shakudo shibuichi cm 5 5 4 05 0 5 accession number 51 324 12730 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters Signature Goto Mitsumasa kao place of origin Edo present-day Tokyo Japan Walters Art Museum license Tsuba in the Walters Art Museum Gotô Mitsumasa Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
