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This tsuba shows a carp swimming through a stream among water milfoil. The carp's head is at the lower right, with its body and tail extending up the right side. Carps are considered a felicitous motif. On the reverse are rocks, a stream and milfoil.

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3
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4032
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    "inscriptions": "[Signature] 安親; [Translation] Yasuchika",
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