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| Keywords: Toshimasa - Tsuba with Crabs and Lotus Plants - Walters 51263 - Mark A.jpg The body of this tsuba is made with two different metals affixed together and carved to resemble wood grain The left half is iron and the right half is brass A long stalk of pampas grass is along the right side with two crabs along the bottom The reverse is a copper and tin alloy decorated along the bottom with a crab and lotus plants late Other date century 19 Meiji iron sentoku gold copper shibuichi shakudo cm 8 63 7 54 0 5 accession number 51 263 32350 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters Signature Santôshi place of origin Japan Walters Art Museum license Tsuba in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Toshimasa | ||||
