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| Keywords: Ichiryû Tomotoshi - Tsuka with Dragon, Clouds, and Waves - Walters 5112693 - Detail A.jpg This tsuka is made as one piece without separate fuchi kashira and menuki A fierce dragon is wrapped around a background of clouds and waves Dragons are associated with water so they are often depicted with clouds or waves The inscription seems to be from a 12th-century text written in Chinese followed by the artist's name This is part of a mounted set between 1831 1889 late Edo-Meiji silver gold cm 16 5 accession number 51 1269 3 13718 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters Inscription Ôe Masakuni zoku yo sei hi kami katana tame shi goto; Signature Ichiryû Tomotoshi place of origin Edo present-day Tokyo Japan Walters Art Museum license Tsuka in the Walters Art Museum Ichiryû Tomotoshi Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
