Keywords: Tsuchiya Yasuchika - Tsuba with a Carp - Walters 51291 - Mark A.jpg This tsuba shows a carp swimming through a stream among water milfoil The carp's head is at the lower right with its body and tail extending up the right side Carps are considered a felicitous motif On the reverse are rocks a stream and milfoil between 1670 1744 Edo iron gold cm 7 1 accession number 51 291 4032 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters Signature Yasuchika place of origin Shonai Yamagata Japan Walters Art Museum license Tosogu Japanese sword fittings in the Walters Art Museum Tosogu by Tsuchiya Yasuchika Tosogu by Tsuchiya Yasuchika in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review |