Tsuka with Chrysanthemums

Description Provenance Inscription Credit

Description The kashira is decorated with incised chrysanthemums. There are no menuki, but the pins used to hold the blade in place are decorated with flowers. This is part of a mounted set.

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

Inscriptions none

Credit Acquired by William T. or Henry Walters

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Creators

Yoshioka Inabanosuke (Japanese, late 16th-late 19th century) (Artist)
Yoshioka Shigesada (Japanese, 1827-1893) (?) (Artist)
Japanese (Artist)

Period

2nd half 19th century (Edo-Meiji)

Medium

gold, copper, baleen
(Arms & Armor)

Accession Number

51.1279.3b

Measurements

L: 3 1/16 in. (7.7 cm)

Geographies

Japan, Tokyo (Edo) (Place of Origin)

Location Within Museum

Not On View