MAKE A MEME View Large Image Iriyama Yoshitomo - Tsuba with Catfish and Eel - Walters 51361 - Mark A.jpg This tsuba is made in the shape of a catfish The fish is wrapped around the central opening so that that its mouth touches its tail at the upper left On the ...
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Keywords: Iriyama Yoshitomo - Tsuba with Catfish and Eel - Walters 51361 - Mark A.jpg This tsuba is made in the shape of a catfish The fish is wrapped around the central opening so that that its mouth touches its tail at the upper left On the catfish's back at the right side of the tsuba is an eel Both catfish and eel are associated with summer ca 1700 1750 mid Edo copper gold silver cm 8 3 accession number 51 361 30074 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters Signature Saichôshi/Iriyama Yoshitomo kao ; Place Gôshû/Hikone jû; Translation Residing in Hikone Gôshû place of origin Hikone Japan Walters Art Museum license Tsuba in the Walters Art Museum Iriyama Yoshitomo Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review
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