Tsuba with Heron in Marsh Grasses

Description On the right side of this tsuba, a heron stands among marsh grasses. The full moon is at the upper right. Both the moon and the heron are executed in silver. The silver has tarnished to a dark color, but would have originally been light. A tree stump and marsh are at the left on the reverse.

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

Inscriptions [Signature] 一東子　龍翁作; [Translation] Ittôkusai/Ryûô saku

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters