Keywords: Tamagawa Yoshihisa III - Tsuba with a Cricket and Dragonfly in Bush Clover - Walters 51187.jpg The right side of this tsuba is dominated by flowering bush clover At the bottom is a cricket The bush clovers wraps around to the reverse of the tsuba where a dragon fly is at the upper right A stream runs along the bottom The artist's signature is on a gold cartouche early Other date century 19 late Edo shibuichi gold silver copper shakudo cm 5 95 5 46 0 45 accession number 51 187 11247 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters Signature Tamagawa Yoshihide place of origin Mito Japan Walters Art Museum license Tsuba in the Walters Art Museum Tamagawa Yoshihisa III Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review |