MAKE A MEME View Large Image Japanese - Tsuka with Catfish Menuki - Walters 5111453B.jpg This hilt is wrapped with baleen On either side are menuki depicting a catfish and a gourd The catfish are a reference to a Zen riddle questioning how one can capture a catfish ...
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Keywords: Japanese - Tsuka with Catfish Menuki - Walters 5111453B.jpg This hilt is wrapped with baleen On either side are menuki depicting a catfish and a gourd The catfish are a reference to a Zen riddle questioning how one can capture a catfish with a gourd The kashira at the end repeats same stylized gold waves used on the tsuba This is part of a mounted set century 19 lacquer brown lacquer gold copper silk same or ray skin L 12 6 cm 12 6 cm accession number 51 1145 3B 79150 William T / Henry Walters Collection Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by William T or Henry Walters place of origin Japan Walters Art Museum license Tsuka in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review
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