Tsuba with Egrets at a Riverside

Description At the lower right of this tsuba, an egret walks among reeds at the water's edge. On the reverse, an egret stands on a tree stump. Lightly incised clouds occupy the upper portion of both sides.

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

Inscriptions [Signature] 宝壽斎　弘親; [Translation] Hojusai/Hirochika

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters