Tsuba with Autumn Flowers

Description Provenance Inscription Credit

Description Autumns flowers fill the lower right side of this tsuba. The flowers are Chinese bell flowers and chrysanthemums. Above, a faint moon is revealed among the clouds. On the reverse, a full moon shines over maiden flowers.

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

Inscriptions [Signature] 浜野春利; [Translation] Hamano Harutoshi.

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters

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Creator

Hamano Harutoshi (Japanese, active ca. 1850) (Artist)

Period

late 18th-19th century (late Edo)

Medium

shibuichi, gold, silver, and copper
(Arms & Armor)

Accession Number

51.162

Measurements

3 1/8 in. (7.9 cm)

Geographies

Japan, Tokyo (Edo) (Place of Origin)

Location Within Museum

Not On View