Tsuka with Catfish Menuki
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 p...
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William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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