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| Keywords: Tanaka Tokuaki - Tsuba with Snail and Insects - Walters 51335 - Mark A.jpg The variety of insects on this tsuba illustrates the sensitivity towards nature in traditional Japanese culture Along with flowers and birds insects can be emblematic of a specific season The insects on the front of this tsuba are associated with summer and autumn At the upper right is a spider with a grasshopper and a praying mantis beneath it A beetle and a snail are shown at the bottom between 1840 1889 late Edo Meiji iron and silver with gold shakudo and shibuichi cm 5 1 accession number 51 335 32204 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters Signature Tanaka Tokuaki place of origin Fukui Japan Walters Art Museum license Tsuba in the Walters Art Museum Tanaka Tokuaki Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
