Keywords: Yokoyama Masayuki - Tsuba with a Snake and a Monkey on a Pine Branch - Walters 51246 - Mark A.jpg At the upper right of this tsuba a monkey sits on a pine branch Below a snake sits on the same branch The tail of the snake continues over the edge of the tsuba The back of the tsuba depicts the back of the scene from a different angle The main trunk of the tree occupies the central portion The tail of the snake reappears near the central opening seemingly coming through a hole in the tree late 19th-early 20th century iron gold copper cm 8 2 7 68 0 46 accession number 51 246 1039 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters Signature Sansui; Seal unread place of origin Tokyo Japan PD-Japan Tosogu Japanese sword fittings in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Yokoyama Masayuki |