Description
A dragon's head and part of his body appear above the central opening of this tsuba. At the bottom and left are waves. Dragons were traditional said to control the seas, so they are often depicted with waves.
Provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Inscriptions
[Date] 文政九[ ][ ]; [Transliteration] Bunsei Kyû [ ] [ ]; [Translation] Ninth year of Bunsei (1826); [Signature] 大月光興; [Translation] Ôtsuki Mitsuoki (kao)
Credit
Acquired by Henry Walters
