Keywords: Kikugawa Hisahide - Kashira with Japanese Phoenix ("Hô-ô") - Walters 511021.jpg The mythical Japanese bird the h- is similar to the phoenix The vibrant colors of the bird are created though the use of gold copper and shakudo The h- was a felicitous emblem This is part of a set with Walters 51 1020 ca 1781 1825 Edo shakudo gold silver copper cm 3 4 l accession number 51 1021 8147 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 Tosogu Japanese sword fittings in the Walters Art Museum Kikugawa Hisahide Kashira tsuka Kashira made with shakudō Hō-ō mon Japanese crests Kashira made with copper Kashira made with silver Kashira made with gold Hô-ô |