Tsuka with Waves and Sea Animals

Description All along the scabbard, various fish and other sea creatures are shown swimming through waves. On the tsuka, a spiny lobster is on the front and a fish is on the back. Spiny lobsters are emblems of long life. 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.

Credit Acquired by William T. or Henry Walters