Keywords: Watanabe Jusan - Tsuba with Chinese Characters ("Kanji") - Walters 5111992.jpg On the right side of the tsuba above the hole for the kozuka is the raised character raku enjoyment Below it is a gold branch with flowers Incised into the background is the handle of a hoe The head of the hoe is formed by the opening on the left for the kozuka On the reverse of the tsuba the large figures in the center are a stylized version of the character takara treasure This is part of a mounted set between 1825 1875 Edo-Meiji iron gold cm 4 8 accession number 51 1199 2 12466 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters Signature Juzan kao place of origin Edo present-day Tokyo Japan Walters Art Museum license Tosogu Japanese sword fittings in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Watanabe Jusan |