Tsuba with Rooster, Hen, and Chick with Autumn Flowers

Description On the front of this tsuba are a rooster and chick. Behind the rooster are Chinese bellflowers and partinia flowers. Both are associated with autumn. On the reverse is a hen near a stream with chrysanthemums.

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

Inscriptions [Signature] 篠山篤興; [Translation] Sasayama Tokuoki

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters