Description
The fuchi is part of a unified composition with the koi-guchi kanagu at the end of the hilt. Together, they depict lotus blossoms and leaves. This is part of a mounted set.
Provenance
William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Inscriptions
[Signature] 石黒是美; [Translation] Ishiguro Koreyoshi
Credit
Acquired by William T. or Henry Walters