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| Keywords: Japanese - Tsuka with Arrowroot and Butterfly - Walters 5111913b - Detail A.jpg The kashira is decorated with a butterfly hovering over an arrowroot flower The tsuka is otherwise undecorated Originally additional decoration was probably provided by embellished mekuki pins holding the blade to the tsuka This is part of a mounted set between 1848 1918 late Edo-Meiji silver gold wood cm 9 5 accession number 51 1191 3b 34273 William T / Henry Walters Collection Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by William T or Henry Walters none place of origin Edo present-day Tokyo Japan Walters Art Museum license Tsuka in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Tsukuda Hideaki | ||||
