Tsuba with Fish and Seafood

late 18th-late 19th century (Edo)

6.7 cm 7.3 cm 0.4 cm

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An assortment of fish appears along the bottom of this tsuba. The largest is the sea bream in gold at the lower right corner. Sea bream are felicitous fish because their name "tai" contains a syllable from Japanese word for auspicious ("medetai"). Near the bream is another fis...

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Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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en
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