Tsuba with a Heron under a Winter Willow

Description A heron is depicted on the right side of the tsuba standing in water. It is looking at a fish shown along the bottom edge. The branch of a tree arches over the top of the tsuba. On the reverse is a tree by a body of water. The edges of the tsuba are decorated with scattered gold flakes.

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

Inscriptions [Signature] 青龍斎　秀寿; [Translation] Seiryûsai/Hidetoshi (kao)

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters