Tsuba with Cranes and Blossoming Plum at Water's Edge

1818-1892 (late Edo-Meiji) 2 11/16 in. (6.9 cm) Citation Source image

Two cranes stand below a blossoming plum tree at the lower right of this tsuba. Waves are shown on the lower left. Cranes are a symbol of immortality. On the reverse, another blossoming plum tree is shown along the left edge with rocks at its base.

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