Keywords: Ishiguro Masatsune III - Tsuba with Autumn Flowers - Walters 5112582.jpg The front of the tsuba is decorated with chrysanthemums Chinese bell flowers and a butterfly On the reverse are mist flowers These three flowers are among the seven celebrated flowers of autumn that often appear in poetry This is part of a mounted set in which all pieces are decorated with autumn flowers and signed by Ishiguro Masatsune ca 1866 Edo-Meiji silver gold sentoku cm 6 2 5 5 0 4 accession number 51 1258 2 7053 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters Signature Ishiguro Masatsune kao place of origin Edo present-day Tokyo Japan Walters Art Museum license Tsuba in the Walters Art Museum Ishiguro Masatsune III Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review |