Tsuka with Man Boating

Description Provenance Inscription Credit

Description The tsuka is decorated with a metal band instead of menuki. The band shows a man pushing a boat through reeds. The full moon on the kashira and the reeds give the tsuka an autumn theme. 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

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Creator

Japanese (Artist)

Period

19th century (Edo, Meiji)

Medium

gold, silver, sentoku, shakudo, baleen
(Arms & Armor)

Accession Number

51.1260.3B

Measurements

L: 6 5/8 in. (16.8 cm)

Geographies

Japan (Place of Origin)

Location Within Museum

Not On View