Keywords: Ishiguro Masatsune III - Kozuka with Autumn Flowers - Walters 5112584 - Back.jpg The front of the kozuka is decorated with chrysanthemums grasses and a grasshopper There is an unusual inscription on the blade stating that the fittings were made under the supervision of a Satô Toyozo and belonged to a Kuruhara Yoshitoku This is part of a mounted set in which all pieces are decorated with autumn flowers and signed by Ishiguro Masatsune ca 1866 Edo-Meiji silver gold sentoku cm 17 2 accession number 51 1258 4 79593 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisiton unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters Signature Ishiguro Masatsune kao ; Inscription On blade Kuruhara Yoshitoku shozô / Kanagu issai saku no or kore / Kanka Sato Toyozo; Translation Belongs to Kuruhara Yoshitoku / all the metal fittings were made / under the supervision of Satô Toyozo place of origin Edo present-day Tokyo Japan Walters Art Museum license Kozuka in the Walters Art Museum Ishiguro Masatsune III Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review |