Keywords: Tsuchiya Yasuchika II - Kozuka of Two Birds Flying over the Sea - Walters 51777 - Back.jpg Two swallows are shown flying above a wave The artist's seal is in an elaborate frame on the right The decoration is on a thin lacquer wood panel inset into the kozuka There is a diagonal gold inset on the reverse which can be seen from the front around the rim between 1710 1747 Edo copper red-brown patina black enamel gold cm 9 6 accession number 51 777 14697 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquistion unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters Seal Tôu place of origin Shonai Yamagata Japan Walters Art Museum license Tosogu Japanese sword fittings in the Walters Art Museum Tsuchiya Yasuchika II Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs artist update |