Tsuba with a Bird in a Winter Willow

Description Provenance Inscription Credit

Description At the right side of this tsuba, a bird sits in a willow trunk. A stream is depicted along the bottom, with bellflowers at the left. More bellflowers are depicted on the reverse.

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

n.d.

Medium

copper, gold, shakudo
(Arms & Armor)

Accession Number

51.326

Measurements

at bottom of nakago-ana: 2 5/8 x 2 5/16 x 1/8 in. (6.62 x 5.94 x 0.35 cm)

Geographies

Japan (Place of Origin)

Location Within Museum

Not On View