Keywords: Tanaka Kiyotoshi - Tsuba with Birds in a Spring Willow - Walters 51364 - Mark B.jpg A tree trunk is shown on the left side of this tsuba One bird is in the branches at the top of the tree A second bird is sitting on the trunk at the left The second bird is depicted in a silhouette cut-out that also forms the opening for the utility knife On the reverse is a stream and the moon between 1846 1876 late Edo-Meiji copper gold silver cm 6 accession number 51 364 9759 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters Signature Ikkashiki; Signature Jusô Hôgen kao place of origin Edo present-day Tokyo Japan Walters Art Museum license Tsuba in the Walters Art Museum Tanaka Kiyotoshi Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review |