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| Keywords: Japanese - Tsuka with Gold Crests - Walters 5111733 - Detail B.jpg This tsuka is made in a single piece with the fuchi and kashira incorporated into the handle The gold menuki are also affixed to the handle They depict crests mon associated with important military families of the early modern period In the middle are three ginger crests This crest was used by Horio Yoshiharu 1544-1611 who was a general under the first Tokugawa shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu 1542-1616 Ieyasu's hollyhock crest is on the left To the right of Yoshiharu's crest is the oak leaf crest used by the Makino clan The rightmost crest is a hollyhock crest used by the general Honda Tadakatsu 1548-1610 Another identical crest covers the pin that originally filled the hole on the handle This is part of a mounted set century 19 Edo silver shakudo silver gold cm 18 accession number 51 1173 3 32504 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 Japan Walters Art Museum license Tsuka in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
