Tsuka with Hawks and Crane

Description The figure of a hawk fills most of the kashira. His eye is highlighted in gold, which gives him a menacing appearance. One menuki is in the shape of a gold heron. The other is shaped like a black hawk. This is part of a mounted set.

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

Inscriptions none

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters