Description
At the lower right of this tsuba is a sea bream ("tai") and a plum branch. The fish is being represented here as food, not as a living animal. On the reverse are sea shells.
Provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquistion unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Inscriptions
[Signature] 芳園刻; [Transliteration] Hôen kizamu; [Translation] Engraved by Hôen
Credit
Acquired by Henry Walters
