Tsuka with Plum Blossoms and Phoenixes

Description The background of this tsuka is designed to look like the bark of a tree. The menuki on either side depict a mythical phoenix-like bird ("hô-ô") flying over a group of flowers. The kashira on the end is decorated with carved plum blossoms. This is part of a mounted set.

Provenance William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Inscriptions none

Credit Acquired by William T. or Henry Walters