Tsuba with Stag, Crane, Rock, and Fungus

Description Several auspicious signs appear on this tsuba. On the front, a crane in flight is shown at the upper right. A stag is at the lower left. Clouds and rocks also appear on the front. On the reverse, a perforated rock is at the right with a fungus at the left.

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

Inscriptions [Signature] 青雲舎東峰; [Translation] Seiunsha Tôhô (kao)

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters