Tsuba with Catfish and Eel

ca. 1700-1750 (mid Edo) 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm) Citation Source image

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.

Artifact

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30074
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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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