Keywords: Unno Moritoshi - Tsuba with a Hawk, Sparrows and Chrysanthemums - Walters 51390 - Mark A.jpg This tsuba is made in the shape of a hawk Its head is at the upper right At the bottom edge it clutches chrysanthemums in its talons At the upper left two sparrows fly near the hawk's left wing This design of this tsuba is almost identical to another tsuba in the collection Walters 51 389 except for the lack of gilding and the style of the signature between 1834 1896 Meiji iron gold cm 8 accession number 51 390 35035 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters Signature RyƓunsai place of origin Tokyo Japan Walters Art Museum license Tosogu Japanese sword fittings in the Walters Art Museum Unno Moritoshi Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs artist update |