Tsuba with Chrysanthmums

Description The body of the tsuba is densely filled with chrysanthemum flowers and leaves. This subject was a specialty of the artist. Chrysanthemums are associated with autumn. This is part of a mounted set.

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

Inscriptions [Signature] 一玉堂　栄瑞; [Translation] Ichigyokudô Eizui (kao)

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters