Tsuka with Paulownia Motif

Description The menuki are decorated with paulownia crests ("mon"), which were used by the Imperial family and powerful military leaders. Either side of the kashira has a cluster of three paulownia leaves surrounded by flowers. 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