Keywords: Takahashi Kiyotsugu - Tsuka with Waterfall and Chinese-style Lions - Walters 5112253B - Back.jpg This tsuka is designed in the shape of a rocky outcropping with a waterfall A Chinese-style lion shishi stands at the top of the water Smaller shishi are scattered throughout the handle along with peony flowers This is part of a mounted set century 19 late Edo-Meiji silver gold shakudo copper cm 23 7 accession number 51 1225 3B 79195 William T / Henry Walters Collection Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by William T or Henry Walters Signature TĂ´gyokusai Kiyotsugu tsukuru kore; Translation This was made by TĂ´gyokusai Kiyotsugu place of origin Edo present-day Tokyo Japan Walters Art Museum license Tosogu Japanese sword fittings in the Walters Art Museum Takahashi Kiyotsugu Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review |