Kashira with Crane

Description Provenance Inscription Credit

Description A crane is depicted with its wings matching the curved edge of the kashira. Cranes are an auspicious motif. This is part of a set with Walters 51.1056.

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

Inscriptions none

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters

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Creator

Yatsuji Katsutomi (Japanese, active mid 19th century) (Artist)

Period

mid 19th century (late Edo)

Medium

copper with silver alloy, shakudo, and gold
(Arms & Armor)

Accession Number

51.1057

Measurements

1 5/16 in. (3.4 cm) (l.)

Geographies

Japan, Tokyo (Edo) (Place of Origin)

Location Within Museum

Not On View

Fuchi with Sparrows	Title
ca. 1845 (late Edo)	Period
51.1056	Accession
sparrows	Tags