Tsuba with Eight Folding Fans

Description This tsuba is made of eight fans depicting various natural motifs radiating around the central opening. Two fans are slightly truncated to allow for the hair pick's opening. The fans depict bamboo, willow, Mt. Fuji, water, and stylized landscape.

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

Inscriptions none

Credit Acquired by William T. or Henry Walters