Tsuba with a Hawk and a Sparrow

Description The body of this tsuba is designed with a wood grain texutre made of multiple metals. At the upper right, a hawk is perched on a branch looking down. Below the hawk at the lower left is a sparrow. On the reverse, there is a branch at the upper left and a sparrow in flight at the bottom.

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

Inscriptions [Signature] Kônen rokujû san/Otsuryûken Miboku; [Translation] Age 63/Otsuryûken Mibuku

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters