Tsuka with Dragonflies, Butterflies and Moths

Description The background of the tsuka is black lacquer decorated in gold with a stream edged by chrysanthemum flowers and leaves. The menuki are shaped like a butterfly, two moths and two dragonflies. The kashira is in the shape of a large dragonfly curved over the end of the tsuka. 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] Nakagawa Issho

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters