Tsuba with Doves

Description This small tsuba is designed for use with a dagger. At the lower right are two doves. A full moon partially disguised by clouds is at the upper left. On the reverse are a pine tree and a stream running along the bottom.

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

Inscriptions [Signature] 壽良; [Translation] Toshiyoshi

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters