Tsuba with the Taoist Immortal Taishin O Fujin

Description On the right side of this tsuba is the Taoist immortal Taishin O Fujin. She is riding a white dragon and playing a harp. Along the bottom and upper left of the tsuba are waves. On the reverse are five plovers flying over waves.

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

Inscriptions [Seal] Naoshige; [Signature] 尚茂　鉄元堂正楽; [Translation] Tetsugendo Shoraku

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters