Tsuba with Chrysanthemums

Description This tsuba is filled with an all-over design of chrysanthemums. Chrysanthemums are emblematic of autumn. The edge of the tsuba is decorated in gold with a textile pattern.

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