Keywords: Hamano Shôzui - Tsuba with an Owl on a Stone Lantern - Walters 51238 - Back.jpg Across the top of this tsuba an openwork area forms clouds with the moon on the left On the right an owl sits on a stone garden lantern under a tree Bamboo and other plants surround the owl On the reverse are reeds and a stream between 1696 1769 Edo shibuichi gold cm 6 36 6 0 38 accession number 51 238 27301 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters Signature Shôzui place of origin Edo present-day Tokyo Japan Walters Art Museum license Tsuba in the Walters Art Museum Hamano Shôzui Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review |