Tsuba with Chinese Gentlemen Viewing a Waterfall

Description This tsuba depicts four men in Chinese dress at the lower right observing a waterfall at the left. A blossoming tress occupies the right side. On the reverse, a single figure looks off into the distance.

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

Inscriptions [Signature] 政守; [Translation] Masamori

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters