Keywords: Imai Nagatake - Tsuba with Cranes and Blossoming Plum at Water's Edge - Walters 51293.jpg Two cranes stand below a blossoming plum tree at the lower right of this tsuba Waves are shown on the lower left Cranes are a symbol of immortality On the reverse another blossoming plum tree is shown along the left edge with rocks at its base between 1818 1892 late Edo-Meiji shakudo gold silver cm 6 9 accession number 51 293 6782 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters Signature Imai Nagatake place of origin Kyoto Japan Walters Art Museum license Tsuba in the Walters Art Museum Imai Nagatake Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review |