Keywords: Shigemitsu - Tsuba with a Bird in a Tree - Walters 51353 - Back.jpg A dead tree extends along the right edge of this tsuba At its top just above the hole for the hair pick sits a bird On the reverse are faint indications of a landscape century 18 19 Edo sentoku gold and silver details cm 7 5 accession number 51 353 14016 William T / Henry Walters Collection Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by William T or Henry Walters Place Bushû Edo jû/Shigemitsu kore o tsukuru; Translation Residing in Edo Bushu province/this was made by Shigemitsu place of origin Edo present-day Tokyo Japan Walters Art Museum license Tsuba in the Walters Art Museum Shigemitsu Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review |