Keywords: Toshihiro - Tsuba with Temple Bell and Sparrows - Walters 5112332 - Mark A.jpg At the right of the tsuba is a temple bell surrounded by cherry blossoms Two sparrows fly across the upper left On the reverse driving rain obscures the scene of a building in the background with a pine tree on the left At the bottom is a pine branch supported by logs This is part of a mounted set 1855 late Edo shakudo copper silver gold cm 6 6 accession number 51 1233 2 40138 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters Date Inscribed on bell Ansei ni kinoto u; Translation Ansei 2 1855 year of the rabbit; Signature Toshihiro kao place of origin Japan Walters Art Museum license Tsuba in the Walters Art Museum Toshihiro Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review |