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| Keywords: Kinoshita Yoshikatsu - Tsuba with a Spiny Lobster - Walters 51125.jpg This tsuba is formed by the body and antennae of a spiny lobster The trunk of the lobster is in the right half of the tsuba Its long antennae form the left and the hole for the utility life Lobster are a sign of respect for old age because of their doubled over body 2nd half 18th-1st quarter 19th century late Edo silver alloy cm 6 9 accession number 51 125 19433 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters Signature Inscribed Tanzendo Tessai place of origin Wakayama Japan Walters Art Museum license Tsuba in the Walters Art Museum Kinoshita Yoshikatsu Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
