Keywords: Sakuma Yoshihide - Tsuba with a Horse - Walters 51395 - Back.jpg This tsuba is made in the shape of a horse The horse's legs are wrapped underneath it giving the tsuba a generally circular shape The hair of the horse is indicated by small incised lines throughout the tsuba Horses are one of the zodiac animals and also used by warriors 1st half Other date century 19 late Edo iron cm 7 2 accession number 51 395 2262 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters Signature Kôfu jû/Yoshihide; Translation Residing in Kôfu/Yoshihide place of origin Edo present-day Tokyo Japan Walters Art Museum license Tsuba in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Sakuma Yoshihide |