Tsuka with Tiger and Leopards

Description Provenance Inscription Credit

Description The kashira depicts a tiger in a bamboo grove and matches the fuchi mounted with the same sword. The menuki are in the shapes of leopards. This is part of a mounted set.

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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Creators

Japanese (Artist)
Yanagawa Naomasa (Japanese, 1692-1757) (?) (Artist)

Period

18th century (Edo)

Medium

shakudo, gold, ray skin, silk cord
(Arms & Armor)

Accession Number

51.1249.3B

Measurements

L: 6 3/16 in. (15.7 cm)

Geographies

Japan, Tokyo (Edo) (Place of Origin)

Location Within Museum

Not On View

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18th century	Period
51.1249.2	Accession
creature	Tags

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18th century (?) (Edo)	Period
51.1249.4	Accession

Kogai with Quail and Autumn Flowers	Title
18th century (?) (Edo)	Period
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1829 (Edo)	Period
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Fuchi with Bamboo	Title
18th century (Edo)	Period
51.1249.3A	Accession
bamboo	Tags