Keywords: Uchikoshi Hirochika - Tsuba with Wang Xizhi - Walters 51144 - Back.jpg This tsuba probably depicts the Chinese calligrapher Wang Xizhi Wang Hsi-chih who lived in the 4th century BC He is shown with a long scroll in his hand and a boy attendant The bird at the upper left is a crane raised by Wang Xizhi Wang Hsi-chih ca 1825 late Edo shibuichi gold silver gilt cm 6 6 6 08 0 35 accession number 51 144 5358 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters Signature Hirochika place of origin Edo present-day Tokyo Toyoshima-gun Japan Walters Art Museum license Tosogu Japanese sword fittings in the Walters Art Museum Uchikoshi Hirochika Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review |