MAKE A MEME View Large Image Noda Mitsuhiro I - Tsuba with Carp - Walters 51226 - Mark A.jpg The body of this tsuba is comprised of carps Most are swimming in a clockwise direction around the tsuba Their scales are highlighted with gold gilding Carps are a felicitous ...
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Keywords: Noda Mitsuhiro I - Tsuba with Carp - Walters 51226 - Mark A.jpg The body of this tsuba is comprised of carps Most are swimming in a clockwise direction around the tsuba Their scales are highlighted with gold gilding Carps are a felicitous motif and a symbol of longevity century 18 mid Edo iron gilt copper cm 7 06 6 85 0 5 accession number 51 226 37440 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters Signature hizen yagami jû/mitsuhiro; Ttranslation residing in Yagami Hizen province/Mitsuhiro place of origin Yagami Japan Walters Art Museum license Tsuba in the Walters Art Museum Noda Mitsuhiro I Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review
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