Description
On either side of the tsuba, a dragon is shown entwined with clouds. Dragons are associated with water and often depicted with clouds or waves. This is part of a mounted set.
Provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Inscriptions
[Signature] 蛟一則鐫之; [Transliteration] Kô Kazunori sen kore; [Translation] Kô Kazunori carved this; [Seal] unread
Credit
Acquired by Henry Walters