Keywords: Nobuhide - Tsuka with Paulownia Motifs - Walters 5112093B - Back.jpg The menuki and kashira of this tsuka have paulownia flowers which match the accompanying fuchi Paulownia is associated with the imperial house and appears in the crests of some military families The kashira background is a basketweave pattern This is part of a mounted set ca 1800 Edo shibuichi baleen ray skin cm 22 5 accession number 51 1209 3B 79190 William T / Henry Walters Collection Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by William T or Henry Walters none place of origin Japan Walters Art Museum license Tosogu Japanese sword fittings in the Walters Art Museum Nobuhide Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review |