Tsuba with Temple Bell and Sparrows

1855 (late Edo) H: 2 5/8 in. (6.6 cm) Citation Source image

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. Thi...

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40138
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Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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