Tsuba with Clouds

Description Provenance Inscription Credit

Description Stylized clouds swirl around this tsuba. The openings on either side allow the kozuka and kogai to be removed when the sword is in the hilt. This is part of a mounted set.

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

Inscriptions none

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters

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Creator

Japanese (Artist)

Period

1868-1912 (?) (Meiji)

Medium

sentoku
(Arms & Armor)

Accession Number

51.1188.2

Measurements

H: 2 5/16 x W: 1 5/8 x D: 3/16 in. (5.8 x 4.2 x 0.5 cm)

Geographies

Japan (Place of Origin)

Location Within Museum

Not On View