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| Keywords: Sonobe Yoshihide - Tsuba witha Scene of Whale Hunting - Walters 51161 - Back.jpg On the right side of this tsuba a whale can be seen swimming through the ocean At the upper right is a ship which is possibly hunting the whale The whale's realistic color is created though the use of a gold and copper alloy called shakudo The reverse of the tsuba shows a seashore with shells 1841 late Edo silver alloy shakudo gold and gold alloy cm 8 3 accession number 51 161 37573 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters Transcription Inscribed Shinobu-no-oka ni oite kore o tsukuri; Translation Inscribed This was made in Shinoba-no-Oka; Transcription Inscribed Tempo juni nen chushun/Sonobe Yoshihide; Translation Inscribed Early spring of the 12th year of the Tempo era 1841 /Sonobe Yoshihide place of origin Edo present-day Tokyo Ueno Japan Walters Art Museum license Tsuba in the Walters Art Museum Sonobe Yoshihide Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
